Comparing Three Poems

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The three poems, “The Passionate Shepherd to his Love” by Christopher Marlowe, “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd” by Sir Walter Raleigh, and “Raleigh Was Right” by William Williams, are a conversation between an ever loving shepherd with passion and hope in his heart and the nymphs, described as the women the shepherd falls for who see nothing to come of him.

In the first poem by Marlowe, the Shepherd is a romantic who only wants a woman by his side, “Come live with me and be my love,” (Marlowe lines 1 and 20) by sending gifts and pleasures, “And if these pleasures may thee move.” (Marlowe line 19) We further see that the shepherd speaks through lust, where some may say through his heart, the shepherd seems to almost bribe the nymph with treasures, “And I will make thee beds of Roses. . . with coral clasps and amber studs.” (Marlowe lines 9-18) …show more content…
. . sorrow’s fall.” (Raleigh lines 11-12) Despite leading him on, Raleigh allows the nymphs to chastise him and criticize his promises as true as they may be, the poem ends in bitter denial of his proposal, “All these in me no means can move.” (Raleigh line

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