FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE
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love and seduction
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death and mourning
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purity of idealized country life vs. corruption of the city
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all of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The topics covered in pastoral tend, therefore, to be common topics in poetry: poetry itself, singing, love, and loss, either of a person or place.
Detailed explanation-2: -Common topics of pastoral poetry include love and seduction; the value of poetry; death and mourning; the corruption of the city or court vs. the “purity” of idealized country life; politics (generally treated satirically: the “shepherds” critique society or easily identifiable political figures).
Detailed explanation-3: -An overriding, defining theme of pastoral poems is the idea of an idealized vision of country life, in which humans live simply and in harmony with nature. Other common themes and motifs that characterize the pastoral mode include: A beautiful, natural setting.
Detailed explanation-4: -Example Sentences Adjective The house is situated in a charming pastoral setting. Her favorite painting in the collection is a pastoral landscape.
Detailed explanation-5: -“Adonais” by Percy Bysshe Shelley. “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” by Thomas Gray. “Fern Hill” by Dylan Thomas. “This Lime-Tree Bower My Prison” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. “Ode to Psyche” by John Keats. “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” by Christopher Marlowe. More items •08-Jul-2021