The Passionate Shepherd

In the first poem in the unit, The Passionate Shepherd to his Love composed by Christopher Marlowe explains how nature can bring love to unity and can essentially make love blossom into something beautiful to his love, the Nymph. Marlowe states in Stanza one “Come love with me and be my love, And we will all the pleasures prove That valleys, groves, hills and fields, Woods or steepy mountains yields.” In stanza one Marlowe is essentially explaining how the valleys, groves, hills and fields will enhance their love and nature is one of the many benefits the Nymph will possess if she chooses to live with him and be his love. The Passionate Shepherd to his Love relates to the central idea because in the poem Marlowe shares his perspective and outlook on what nature has to offer to the Nymph and his love for her While doing this Marlowe explains how nature with enhance and make their love blossom much like a flower

In the first poem, The Passionate Shepherd to his Love composed by Christopher Marlowe explains how nature can bring love to unity and can essentially make love blossom into something beautiful to his love, the Nymph. In the second poem written by Sir Walter Raleigh, The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd which was written from the Nymphs perspective and is a “reply” to the passionate shepherd and was interpreted to be very pessimistic and blunt but relates love and nature explaining all the negative that come when relating love and nature.The third poem, Raleigh was Right written by William Carlos Williams in 1944 which states that Williams agrees with the poem The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd and throughout the poem explains and supports the second poem more in depth. The three poems in this unit are all intertwined because they all essentially explain and compare their views on love being compared to