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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He will make her a bed of roses.
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He will make her a dress and slippers made of wool.
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They will listen to the birds.
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All of the above.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Passionate Shepherd to His Love: He promises her gifts and all the pleasures found in nature, if she will consent to be his love and spend the rest of her life with him. The poem uses nature imagery to draw a connection between spring and romance.
Detailed explanation-3: -Become his shepherd for his flocks of sheep. Run away with him to live in the country.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Nymph’s reply shows that she denies and refuses every single argument that the shepherd states. She would go with him if the world and love were young, which is impossible. Moreover, she also expresses her opinion that all the pleasures he offered are not true.