Christopher Marlowe′s “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” Sir.ppt

Geschke/English III Marlowe Raleigh Christopher Marlowe’s “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love”  Sir Walter Raleigh’s “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd” “The Passionate Shepherdto His Love” Plot Summary The Shepherd asks his love to come and live with him He offers her many gifts from nature to try to persuade her to live with him “The Passionate Shepherdto His Love” Gifts Pleasant views “And we will all the pleasures prove That hills and valleys, dales and fields, Or woods or steepy mountain yields.” (2-4) “The Passionate Shepherdto His Love” Gifts Pleasant sounds “Melodious birds” (8) “The Passionate Shepherdto His Love” Other gifts of nature “beds of roses” (9) “a thousand fragrant posies” (10) “A gown made of the finest wool” (13) “buckles of the purest gold” (16) “The Passionate Shepherdto His Love” Poetic Devices Pastoral Poem A type of poem that deals in an idealized way with shepherd and rustic life The word “pastoral” comes from the Latin word for shepherd, “pastor” “The Passionate Shepherdto His Love” Poetic Devices Pastoral Poem Continued The lifestyle of the shepherd in this poem is idealized Nature is presented in a perfect way There are no defects or flaws of nature or the lifestyle of the shepherd Realistic ? “The Passionate Shepherdto His Love” Poetic Devices Imagery Nature imagery dominates the poem “The Passionate Shepherdto His Love” Poetic Devices Theme Love and Nature “The Passionate Shepherdto His Love” Poetic Devices Setting The poem takes place in an idealized landscape Should not be surprising since this is a pastoral poem “The Passionate Shepherdto His Love” Poetic Devices Repetition “live with me and be my love” Repeated in lines 1, 20, 24 Creates a sing-song effect Helps create an innocent tone “The Passionate Shepherdto His Love” Poetic Devices Rhyme Scheme aabb ccdd eeff gghh iijj kkll the poem consists of six quatrains each quatrain is made up of two couplets “The Passionate Shepherdto His Love” Po