Shepherd” and “The Nymph’s Reply.” The passionate shepherd believes that love can be bought through gifts. While in “The Nymph’s Reply” the Nymph believes that love can’t be bought. The shepherd is buying/getting the Nymph gifts to try and persuade he to come live where the weather is peaceful but the Nymph does not want to leave her home.The shepherd thinks that being materialistic, it can buy love. The nymph believes love isn’t going to last for long, it's going to die off
Within the nature between the two, the shepherd lives in a warm environment in the valleys, fields, while the nymph’s staying in a cold wintery place. The shepherd is saying that
love will always and forever be beautiful. The nymph believes that love isn’t like nature. The flowers fade, and the wagon fields, to wary hard winter reckoning yields in the nymphs place. In the shepherd lives in an environment where there is fields, woods, and steep mountains
Within the two the time the shepherd believes love will last forever even if they are separated for a long time. The nymph believes that love does not last. It’ll soon fade away then it’s gone forever.
The shepherd thinks materials will win his love heart over. Gowns with the finest wool pulled from the best sheep. The shepherd thinks he gifts will find him everlasting love but sometimes it doesn’t. The nymph believes that no gifts can truly win a girl's heart. In my perspective, the shepherd should find out what the nymph likes and go off that. Not just buy her random gifts that she might like.
In conclusion, the shepherd is most likely not gonna win the nymphs heart over by spoiling her. He should see what she likes and get to know her. That’s in my perspective. But the shepherd is raised the different than me. The nymph may or may not accept them but if she doesn’t then he needs to try again or try a to woo another girl another day.
By: Darrell Matthews