When reading these two poems, one can tell that they go together. The first poem is clearly an invitation and the second poem is a reply to his invitation. They flow together perfectly and share a lot of things but remain quite different. These poems speak tone, imagery and theme. Tone is an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience. Imagery is broadly defined to any sensory detail or evocation in a work. Theme is broadly a common topic explored in a literary work. These poems speak on all three of these literary devices. These poems are pastoral poems which mean they are concerned with the simple life of country folk and describing that life in stylized, idealized terms. (Imitating and Answering page 981) However, the Shepherd is …show more content…
She wouldn’t mind living an everlasting life and love with him, however, she is immortal. They have to understand and be aware that they live two separate lives and will never be together. She knows that nothing lasts forever and she wants him to think realistically. A reader can analyze that if these two where to live an everlasting life by themselves; they would not be happy very long. A reader will also know that it takes much more than love to make a relationship work. In each stanza she gives him a response to each statement he has made towards …show more content…
For example, Raleigh 10 stated, “the flowers do fade.” A reader can use imagery to understand that physically flowers do not last forever however; mentally one can imagine that flowers can last forever. As the poem continues, a reader can understand that hyperbole is used thoroughly throughout the poems. Hyperbole is an exaggerated language. For instance, Marlowe 10 “and I will make thee beds of roses and a thousand fragrant posies.” The Nymph knows he cannot create roses and that this is clearly exaggerated. Theme is also a very well used literary device in these poems. Theme is used with the Shepherd as he thinks “love overrules everything.” He continues to promise her with uncompromised materialized things. Theme is also used with the Nymph who thinks “love is not equal to material things.” She continues to make several points that remind him that material things will end and love cannot be mainly off of material