FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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yes
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no
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Marlowe’s shepherd is filled with nothing but eager promises that are not realistic. The shepherd seeks love, yet is first confined to proving his worth.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Nymph recognizes the unlikeliness of the promises she has been promised by The Shepherd. Consequently, every promise in “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” has made, The Nymph shoots down. For example, The Shepherd promises The Nymph “A gown made of the finest wool” in the fourth stanza (l.
Detailed explanation-3: -Why isn’t this poem very realistic? He doesn’t explain where the shepherd boys came from. He doesn’t mention any cities. He is very sensitive-men usually aren’t in poems.
Detailed explanation-4: -The shepherd promises the woman pleasures they will experience in all of the pastoral settings that nature can supply. Since he promises that the couple will experience these pleasures in a variety of locations, it appears his expectation is that the pleasures of the world are principally sexual.
Detailed explanation-5: -A pastoral poem is one in which nature and the pastures are idealized. He promises his love a life of beauty and pleasure if she agrees to spend her life with him. He promises her beauty made of flowers and a world with birds singing.