The Passionate Shepherd to His Love | Style
Argument
The argument in any work of literature is the author’s principle idea. The shepherd’s argument in “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” reveals the efforts of the shepherd to convince the unseen woman that she should become his mistress. The shepherd submits a number of arguments designed to be convincing, but the central argument is that all pleasure will be theirs for the taking.
Couplets and Rhyme
Couplets are two consecutive lines of poetry with the same end-rhyme. Traditionally, the couplet was a two-line stanza...
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