Comparing Two Poetry Worksheet

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The two poems that we read about which was “Passionate Shepherd” and “ The Bait”, both poems intended to have beautiful meaning and the poets objective was to win over a girl that they wanted to impress and marry. The difference is that Marlowe the poet of “Passionate Shepherd” was going more for of the idyllic approach basically meaning being one with nature. While John Donne was going after that similar aspect while having a bit of a different approach to it focus on being one with nature but also focusing on the beauty of the woman and being very detailed with the different features and Marlow focused on trying to explain to the woman he loved all the different things that he could buy her, he focused more on materialistic things. As we