Compare And Contrast Paper
Kevin Ellebrecht
Mrs. O’Keefe
English IV- 1st hour
22 September 2014
Compare and Contrast Paper The Passionate Shepherd to His Love and The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd are pastoral poems. The Passionate Shepherd to His Love was written by Christopher Marlowe and The Nymph’s reply to the Shepherd was written by Sir Walter Raleigh. The Nymph to the Shepherd is written in response to The Passionate Shepherd to His Love. It is a woman refuting man about his request for someone to marry him. There are many differences and similarities in these poems. The differences are extremely easy to spot in these poems. The purpose of these poems are opposite. The Passionate Shepherd to His Love is written from a males perspective. He promises his “wife-to-be” that he will provide her with material things and he hopes that he can prove his love to her through these things. In The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd the woman basically says that material things fade. She does not want to live with the male because life moves and changes. Along with that material things will eventually run out. She says that she would consider loving him if “nature and love were timeless”. These poems are mostly comparable in structure. They both are pastoral poems with six stanzas and four lines. The rhyme scheme is similar. They are both written in Iambic Pentameter. They both are focused on the thought of love. They just have different perspectives on what love is. These poems both use nature a lot in their imagery. They are similar in many ways. The Passionate Shepherd to His Love and The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd are similar and different in many ways. That is from the themes to the structure. They are both centered around love and how to attain love. They are generally easy reads. These poems are good poems to compare because of their relation in purpose. Both of their purposes were to show the audience ideas of love and how to attain a life filled with love. They are aimed towards each
Mrs. O’Keefe
English IV- 1st hour
22 September 2014
Compare and Contrast Paper The Passionate Shepherd to His Love and The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd are pastoral poems. The Passionate Shepherd to His Love was written by Christopher Marlowe and The Nymph’s reply to the Shepherd was written by Sir Walter Raleigh. The Nymph to the Shepherd is written in response to The Passionate Shepherd to His Love. It is a woman refuting man about his request for someone to marry him. There are many differences and similarities in these poems. The differences are extremely easy to spot in these poems. The purpose of these poems are opposite. The Passionate Shepherd to His Love is written from a males perspective. He promises his “wife-to-be” that he will provide her with material things and he hopes that he can prove his love to her through these things. In The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd the woman basically says that material things fade. She does not want to live with the male because life moves and changes. Along with that material things will eventually run out. She says that she would consider loving him if “nature and love were timeless”. These poems are mostly comparable in structure. They both are pastoral poems with six stanzas and four lines. The rhyme scheme is similar. They are both written in Iambic Pentameter. They both are focused on the thought of love. They just have different perspectives on what love is. These poems both use nature a lot in their imagery. They are similar in many ways. The Passionate Shepherd to His Love and The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd are similar and different in many ways. That is from the themes to the structure. They are both centered around love and how to attain love. They are generally easy reads. These poems are good poems to compare because of their relation in purpose. Both of their purposes were to show the audience ideas of love and how to attain a life filled with love. They are aimed towards each