What is poetry that is set in the countryside and idealizes the beauty of nature?
100
What is the speaker's attitude in "The Nymph's Reply"?
What is realistic?
100
Who is the speaker?
the shepherdess addressed in Marlowe's poem
100
Define pastoral poetry.
poetry set in the countryside with an aim at idealizing beauty
200
What is the speaker's attitude toward the woman he loves?
What is adoring?
200
What is the relationship of "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" and "The Nymph's Reply" to the pastoral tradition?
What is "The Passionate Shepherd..." carries it on and "The Nymph's Reply" mocks it?
200
Why does the nymph reject the shepherd?
time will pass and the joys of youth will fade
200
What modern audience member is likely to enjoy this poem?
someone who has fallen out of love
200
Define a lyric.
Poetry with a steady rhythm that expresses passion or emotion
300
Describe the setting in "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love"
Idealized
300
In what way does Marlowe's poem express the theme of carpe diem?
What is it promotes the idea of making the most of life while one can?
300
What is the speaker's attitude toward love and youth?
love and youth are brief
300
What is meant in these lines: But could youth last and love still breed, / Has joy no date nor age no need, / Then these delights my mind might move, / To live with thee and be thy love?
I would live with you if happiness and love could endure-- but it can't so I won't
300
Define metaphysical poetry
poetry that expresses ideas about abstract ideas/thoughts
400
What 2 things does the shepherd say he'll do for his beloved?
What is make beds of roses and a gown of wool?
400
What view of nature does Marlowe's poem present?
What is nature is a source of beauty and joy?
400
What does the speaker mean in these lines: Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, / Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies / Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten, / In folly ripe, in reason rotten?
those are foolish and illogical ideas
400
What does the nymph think will turn to gall?
lovers' hearts
400
Name some examples of abstract nouns...
confidence, doubt, fear, etc.
500
Who is the speaker in the poem?
What is a shepherd?
500
What modern reader is most likely to identify with the speaker in the poem?
What is a young man proposing marriage?
500
What is the speaker describing in these lines: Time drives the flocks from field to fold, / When rivers rage and rocks grow cold, / And Philomel becometh dumb...?
winter
500
Which of these sentences is incorrect? Why?
The Philomel sings one of the most melodious songs of any bird.
The nymph warned of a reckoning when winter approached.
Then the flowers will wither.
The madrigals will dance every May.
The madrigals will dance every May.
Madrigals are flowers. The poem says the shepherd's swain will dance and sing.
500
What poetic device was used in "Death, Be Not Proud"?