Here's a full set of notes on this poem. When you get there examine the links on the right of the page for further information on this interesting poem.
Sunday 8 February 2009
A reading of Christopher Marlowe's "A Passionate Shepherd To His Love"
Marlowe's carpe diem lyric with its idyllic rural setting became very popular as a poem of seduction in its day ( the Elizabethan period of the late 1500s ). The speaker makes several naturalistic promises for the voiceless woman's chastity but he does not make an offer of marriage.
Here's a full set of notes on this poem. When you get there examine the links on the right of the page for further information on this interesting poem.
Here's a full set of notes on this poem. When you get there examine the links on the right of the page for further information on this interesting poem.
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