The Passionate Shepherd to His Love

by Christopher Marlowe

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What is the tone of "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love?"

What things does the shepherd promise to give his beloved? What do these promises tell you about the shepherd and his love for the woman?

What are some comparisons and contrasts between "The Passionate Shepherd to his Love" by Christopher Marlowe and "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd" by Sir Walter Raleigh?

How does a central idea develop over the course of the two poems "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love " and "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd"?

According to the shepard, if his love agrees, what pleasure will await them? 

What does "a belt of straw and ivy buds, with coral clasps and amber studs" mean in "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love"?  

What metaphors are used in "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" by Christopher Marlowe?

What is the theme/meaning of 'The passionate shepherd to his love?'

What are 3 literary devices used in "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" by Christopher Marlowe?  How do they enhance the poem?

What is your opinion on the gifts that the shepherd offers to his beloved in "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love"?

What was the shepherd proposing to the nymph?

Explain the poem "The Passionate Sheperd to his Love" by Christopher Marlowe. If you can provide the literary terms that are in this poem,too, it will be great.

Can you list some of the far-fetched promises Marlowe's passionate shepherd makes?

Compare the structure of "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" and "Nymph's Reply"?

In what way is "The Nymph's Reply" an expression of the philosophy of tempus fugit, or "time flies"?

Is "The Passionate Shepherd To His Love" a lyric or narrative poem?

Compare "To His Coy Mistress" and "The Passionate Shepard to His Love." Does Marvell's poem make more explicit something that Marlowe expresses, or do the two poems differ too much?

Why did Marlow use alliteration in in the second stanza of "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love"?  

What song is related to "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" by Christopher Marlowe?

In which stanza does the speaker make offers to his beloved that it will be unlikely he could provide in "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love?" 

In what way is "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" an expression of the philosophy of carpe diem. Carpe diem is Latin for "seize the day": meaning take full advantage of present opportunities. This sentiment is found not only in classical literature but in much of English literature as well (e.g., "Gather ye rosebuds while ye may" and "Had we but world enough, and time, / This coyness, Lady, were no crime").

How is love represented in "A Passionate Shepherd and His Love"?

Who is the speaker in "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love?"

How is the romantic escape motif in "The Passionate Shepherd to his Love" used in todays media?

What references to youth and spring can be find in "The Passionate Shepherd To His Love"? What are some elements of nature in the poem that indicate its pastoral setting?

What specific gifts does the speaker promise to give to his beloved? Do you think that these promises are realistic? Explain your reasoning.  

In the two poems, "The Passionate Shepherd to his Love" by Christopher Marlowe and "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd" by Sir Walter Raleigh, who makes the best case?

In "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love," what are the points of debate? I am contrasting/comparing Marlowe's "Passionate Shepherd" to Raleigh's "The Nymph's Reply."

In "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love," what does the shepherd ask of his beloved in the first stanza? What does he tell her they will do if she agrees to his request?

What is the opinion of the nymph?

Are these the poems "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" and "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd" sonnets? Why or why not?

How does Marlowe's "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" reflect the characteristics of pastoral poetry?

What is the literal meaning of the 7th stanza of the poem "The Passionate Shepherd to his Love?"

What does the shepherd ask from his love In return? 

Can someone paraphrase "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love"? As in what does it literally mean/say?

In what ways does the poem, "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" draw attention to itself as a work of art?

I'm having a hard time with metaphors and similes in Marvell's poem, "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love." Any suggestions?

How was the writer of "The Passionate Shepherd to his love" influenced by the period in which he wrote?

After reading Marlowe's "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" and the reply and other selections by Sir Walter Raleigh, explain how these works exemplify Renaissance humanism. Make sure to provide textual evidence.

What does Marlowe want to teach us in "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love"?

"The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" What does the Shepherd offer to his love?   In examining the author’s use of words, how would they be described,-harsh or soft? Give examples ***specific answers please***

How persuasive are the Shepherd and the Nymph as they make their cases? "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" and "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd"

How does Marlow use the concept of carpe diem in this poem—"The Passionate Shepherd to His Love"?

In "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" what does the speaker urge his love to do?

Find a critical article on poetry or a poem from a peer-reviewed source for "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love."

What the poet successful in his approach to tempt his mistress?

Explain the ways in which the poet brings out the theme of sensuousness in the poem "Come Live with Me and Be My Love" by Christopher Marlowe.

In "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love", what allusions help to enrich the poem's meaning?

How does the use of nature affect the mood and ideology of the poems "The Passionate Shepherd to his Love" and "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd"? Both poems overtly use nature to describe their feelings, do you think this affects the poems' moods and the speakers' expressions?

What is a theme that unites "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" and "To His Coy Mistress"?