How Is Marlowe Presented In The Passionate Christopherd To His Love
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"The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd" by Sir Walter Raleigh, is a reply to the poem written by Christopher Marlowe entitled "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love." These poems are uniform as well as diverse in several ways. They are written with an invariable writing style, yet they have very different opinions on love.
In the two texts there are things absent that differentiate both poems. In "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love," Marlowe makes his character out to be a big romantic that will do anything to have some type of love, while "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd," Raleigh creates his character to have a more practical look on the love the character is offering. Marlowe's character is definitely more of a dreamer than Raleigh's down to earth character.…show more content… Although, they both have two very different perspectives on the outlook of love. In Marlowe's text, he exhibits his impulsiveness and his passion for this love. Each line in the poem describes a vibrant and beautiful life the character plans to provide his love, as long as she accepts his invitation. This poem portrays a dream of perfect love. In answer to Marlowe's poem, Raleigh wrote "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd" to explain her denial of his love. She knows that she cannot believe his love is true,because he is offering material things when she only wants