ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Alliteration: Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds in the same line such as the sound of /p/ in “And we will all the pleasures prove” and the sound of /sh/ and /s/ in “The Shepherds’ Swains shall dance and sing.”

Detailed explanation-2: -Marlowe’s clever use of poetic devices like internal rhyme, assonance, consonance, and alliteration, provides the music in the background by keeping the tone of the poem musical without reducing it to the sing-songy verse often associated with iambic tetrameter.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sensory imagery, or imagery that appeals to senses like smell, taste, touch, and hearing, is all over the place in Marlowe’s poem. And his decision to take his poetic imagery beyond the visual helps bring the idealized countryside to life for his readers.

Detailed explanation-4: -"The Shepherd swains shall dance and sing, ” (line 25). The alliteration adds emphasis to the poet’s points. Marlowe uses alliteration to emphasize how happy he could make his love if she accepts his proposal to live with him.

Detailed explanation-5: -"The Passionate Shepherd” is a poem of seduction. In it, the speaker tries to convince his listener to come to the country and be his lover. The speaker makes his case on the basis of the luxuries they will enjoy together in the countryside, describing it as a place of pleasure that is at once sensual and innocent.