AGES ERA PERIOD
ELIZABETHAN ERA
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William Shakespeare
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Thomas Kyd
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John Dryden
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John Donne
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Detailed explanation-1: -This poem by Sir Walter Raleigh uses the same meter and references to present “mirror images” of Marlowe’s poem. The feminine persona (the nymph) of the poem sets up a hypothetical set of questions that undermine the intelligence of the man’s offer because all that he offers is transitory.
Detailed explanation-2: -"The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” (1599), by Christopher Marlowe, is a pastoral poem from the English Renaissance (1485–1603).
Detailed explanation-3: -In this poem, the narrator wants his love to come with him and seize all the beauty he promises her. He wants them to live their life together to the fullest in this manner.
Detailed explanation-4: -The main idea of this poem is romantic love mingled with themes such as man, the natural world, and time. In this poem, a shepherd is presented as speaking to his beloved, evoking “all the pleasures” of the springtime.