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TheNymphsReplytotheShepherdandMarlowesThePassionateShepherdtoHisLove
thepassionateshepherdtohislove
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ThePassionateShepherd
ToHisLove
APoembyChristopherMarlowe（1564-1593）
AStudyGuide
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TypeofWork
Setting
Characters
Theme
PublicationInformation
Meter
Rhyme
Structure
Meter
Rhyme
Structure
PoemTextWithNotes
FiguresofSpeech
Images
Poem'sEnduringAppeal
BiographyofMarlowe
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StudyGuidePreparedbyMichaelJ.Cummings...©2006
Revisedin2010.©
TypeofWork
.......“ThePassionateShepherd”isapastoralpoem.Pastoralpoemsgenerallycenterontheloveofashepherdforamaiden（asinMarlowe’spoem）,onthedeathofafriend,oronthequietsimplicityofrurallife.Thewriterofapastoralpoemmaybeaneducatedcitydweller,likeMarlowe,whoextollsthevirtuesofashepherdgirlorlongsforthepeaceandquietofthecountry.PastoralisderivedfromtheLatinwordpastor,meaningshepherd.
Setting
.......ChistopherMarlowesetsthepoeminearlyspringinarurallocale（presumablyinEngland）whereshepherdstendtheirflocks.Theuseofthewordmadrigals（line8）—referringtopoemssettomusicandsungbytwotosixvoiceswithasinglemelodyorinterweavingmelodies—suggeststhatthetimeisthesixteenthcentury,whenmadrigalswerehighlypopularinEnglandandelsewhereinEurope.However,thepoemcouldbeaboutanyshepherdofanyageinanycountry,forsuchistheuniversalityofitstheme.
Characters
ThePassionateShepherd:
Heimportunesawoman—presumablyayoungandprettycountrygirl—tobecomehissweetheartandenjoywithhimallthepleasuresthatnaturehastooffer.
TheShepherd’sLove:
TheyoungwomanwhoreceivesthePassionateShepherd’smessage.
Swains:
YoungcountryfellowswhomthePassionateShepherdpromiseswilldanceforhisbeloved.
Theme
.......Thethemeof“ThePassionateShepherd”istheraptureofspringtimeloveinasimple,ruralsetting.Implicitinthisthemeisthemotifofcarpediem—Latinfor“seizetheday.”Carpediemurgespeopletoenjoythemomentwithoutworryingaboutthefuture.
WritingandPublicationInformation
.......Marlowewrotethepoemin1588or1589whileattendingCambridgeUniversityatitsCorpusChristiCollege.Itfirstappearedinprintinpoetrycollectionspublishedin1599and1600.
Meter
.......Themeterisiambictetrameter,witheightsyllables（fouriambicfeet）perline.（Aniambicfootconsistsofanunstressedsyllablefollowedbyastressedsyllable.）Thefollowinggraphicpresentationillustratesthemeterofthefirststanza.
........1................2...............3...............4
ComeLIVE..|..withME..|..andBE..|..myLOVE,
......1...............2...............3..................4
AndWE..|..willALL..|..thePLEA..|..suresPROVE
........1.................2..................3...................4
ThatHILLS..|..andVALL..|..eys,DALE..|..andFIELD,
......1..................2.................3.................4
AndALL..|..theCRAG..|..gyMOUNT..|..ainsYIELD.
Rhyme
.......Ineachstanza,thefirstlinerhymeswiththesecond,andthethirdrhymeswiththefourth.
Structure
.......Thepoemcontainssevenquatrains（four-linestanzas）foratotaloftwenty-eightlines.Marlowestructuresthepoemasfollows:
Stanza1:
......Theshepherdaskstheyoungladyto"livewithmeandbemylove,"notingthattheywillenjoyallthepleasuresofnature.
Stanzas2-4:
Theshepherdmakespromisesthathehopeswillpersuadetheyoungladytoaccepthisproposal.
Stanzas5-7:
Aftermakingadditionalpromises,theshepherdtwicemoreaskstheladyto"livewithmeandbemylove."
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ThePassionateShepherdtoHisLove
ByChristopherMarlowe
ComelivewithmeandbemyLove,
Andwewillallthepleasuresprove1
Thathillsandvalleys,daleandfield,
Andallthecraggymountainsyield.
Therewillwesitupontherocks.......................5
Andseetheshepherdsfeedtheirflocks,
Byshallowrivers,towhosefalls
Melodiousbirdssingmadrigals.2
TherewillImaketheebedsofroses
Andathousandfragrantposies,.......................10
Acapofflowers,andakirtle3
Embroider'dallwithleavesofmyrtle.4
Agownmadeofthefinestwool
Whichfromourprettylambswepull,
Fairlinèdslippersforthecold,..........................15
Withbucklesofthepurestgold.
Abeltofstrawandivybuds
Withcoral5claspsandamber6studs:
Andifthesepleasuresmaytheemove,
ComelivewithmeandbemyLove.....................20
Thysilverdishesforthymeat
Aspreciousasthegodsdoeat,
Shallonanivorytablebe
Preparedeachdayfortheeandme.
Theshepherdswains7shalldanceandsing.........25
ForthydelighteachMay-morning:
Ifthesedelightsthymindmaymove,
ThenlivewithmeandbemyLove.
Notes
1...prove:
test,tryout
2...madrigals:
poemssettomusicandsungbytwotosixvoiceswith
.....asinglemelodyorinterweavingmelodies
3...kirtle:
dressorskirt
4...myrtle:
shrubwithevergreenleaves,whiteorpinkflowers,anddark
.....berries.InGreekmythology,asymboloflove.
5...coral:
yellowishred;
6...amber:
yelloworbrownishyellow
7...swains:
countryyouths.
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FiguresofSpeech
.......Followingareexamplesoffiguresofspeechinthepoem.
Alliteration
Line2:
Andwewillallthepleasuresprove
Line5:
Therewillwesitupontherocks
Line6:
Andseetheshepherdsfeedtheirflocks
Line8:
Melodiousbirdssingmadrigals.
Hyperbole
Lines9-10:
TherewillImake.../athousandfragrantposies
Metaphor
Melodiousbirdssingmadrigals
Comparisonofbirdsongtopoemssettomusic（madrigals）
Images
.......Marlowemixesimagesofobjectsmadefromnature（bedsofroses,acapofflowers,abeltofstrawwithivybuds）withimagesofman-madeobjects（goldbuckles,silverdishes）.Hisbelovedthuswillreceivethebestofbothworlds.
ThePoem’sEnduringAppeal
.......Overthecenturies,Marlowe’slittlepoemhasenjoyedwidespreadpopularitybecauseitcapturesthejoyofsimple,uncomplicatedlove.Theshepherddoesnotworrywhetherhisstatusmakeshimacceptabletothegirl;nordoesheappearconcernedaboutmoneyoreducation.Thefuturewilltakecarryofitself.Whatmattersisthemoment.So,hesays,letusenjoyit—sittingonarocklisteningtothebirds.
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10StepPoetryExplicationProcess
∙1）Title
Anymph'sreplytoastatementmadebyashepherd.
2）DramaticSitutaion
Speakeristhenymph（theyounggirl）
Theaddresseeistheshepherd
3）Subject
Thenymphisrespondingtotheproposalmadebytheshepherd.Shecontraststhehypotheticalworldpresentedbytheshepherdwithreality.Thenymphsaysthatwhatmakestheshepeherd'svisionfalseistimeandattackshisassumptionthatloveandloverswillremainyoung.
4）Images,FiguresofSpeech,LiteraryDevices
RaleighusesthepoeticdevicesthatgiveMarowe'spoemit'smusicality.（asmockery）
*alliteration-ex:
"flocksfromfieldtofold"
*repitionofintialconsonantsounds-ex:
"flowers"and"fade","wayward"and"winter","spring"and"sorrow","fancy"and"fall"
5）Tone
Realistic
InStanza6thetonechangestowishfulwiththeword"but".
Thenympwishedtheworldcouldbeimmortal.
6）StructurialDivisions
Sixfourlinestanzacontainingtworhymedcouplets
Predominantmeterisiambictetrameter
ex:
Ifall/theworld/andlove/wereyoung...
Thespeakercontaststheshepherd'svisionwithrealitiesintroducedbytheword"but"-Pointbypointshowshoweverythingwithersanddies.
****Parody-parallelsThePassionateShepherdtoHisLoveinbothformandcontent
Rejectsshepherdbystanza5-"Alltheseinmenomeanscanmove"
InStanza6atwistoccurs.Shesaysiftheworldwereastheshepherdhaspromised.
7）RhymeScheme
aabbccddeeffgghhiibbjjbb
8）Title
Thenymph'sreplytothepromisesmadebytheshepherd
9）Theme
ThepoemiscentrallyconcernedwithrespondingtotheinvitationbytheShepherdinThePassionateShepherdtoHisLove.
Thepoetwishestoaddresseetoknowthathispromisesarenotpossiblebecausetimechangesthem.
10）Diction
Formal-ex:
"thee","thy"
Connotative-Theimagesarereal,butaretakenfromthePassionateShepherdtoHislove,andgobeyondtheirmeaning.Theeffectoftimeontheseobjectsisrepresentativeofallchange.
Concrete-Thewordsarespecificandgiveamentalpicture
ex:
"coralclaps","riversrage"
Cacophonous-ex:
"rage","gall","sorrow","forgotten","rotten"
Althoughtherearemanypleasantsoundingwordsinthepoemtheyareallderviedfromtheshepherd'spromises.
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“TheNymph’sReplytotheShepherd”isSirWalterRaleigh’sresponsetoapoemwrittenbyChristopherMarlowe,“ThePassionateShepherdtoHisLove.”IntheMarlowepoem,theshepherdproposestohisbelovedbyportrayingtheiridealfuturetogether:
alifefilledwithearthlypleasuresinaworldofeternalspring.Raleigh’sreply,however,debunkstheshepherd’sfancifulvision.WhileMarlowe’sspeakerpromisesnature’sbeautyandalitanyofgifts,Raleigh’snymphrespondsthatsuchpromisescouldonlyremainvalid“ifalltheworldandlovewereyoung.”Thus,sheintroducestheconceptsoftimeandchange.Inherworld,theseasonscausetheshepherd’s“shallowrivers”to“rage,”rocksto“growcold”androsesto“fade.”Theshepherd’sgiftsmightbedesirable,buttheytooaretransient:
they“soonbreak,soonwither”andare“soonforgotten.”Intheend,thenymphacknowledgesthatshewouldaccepttheshepherd’soffer
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