The Nymphs Reply to the Shepherd The poem The Nymphs Reply to the Shepherd is a look into the mind of a realistic or some may even say pessimistic person It was written as a response to the more idealistic poem The Passionate Shepherd to His Love by Christopher Marlowe The Passionate Shepherd is the story of a man trying to convince the lady he loves to spend the rest of her life with him He describes the happiness that will surround them and the beauty they will live with the rest of their liv
A Time for Love Each generation contemplates and frets over the emotion of love it is over analyzed by all and dealt with in a variety of manners Varying definitions are ever present when discussing the issue Both Marlowes Come Live with Me and be My Love as well as Raleighs The Nymphs Reply to the Shepherd represent prime examples of diverging examples of love In Marlowes poem love is correlated with immediacy the man in Come Live with Me is looking for Miss Right Now who he will take as his l