Original poem reprinted online here: "The Passionate Shepherd to his Love" by Christopher Marlowe More information about the Poet: Christopher Marlowe This is my Dads favorite poem. This was the poem he wanted to recite to my mother when they got married. If he analyzed this poem he'd say there's a sense of romance in it. The romance of the pastoral, "Come live with me and be my love, / And we will all the pleasures prove" I would add that the aabb rhyme scheme adds to the sense of "couple," but the speaker is asking and he's describing his plan, "That valleys, groves, hills, and fields, / Woods, or sleepy mountain yields." The expanse that they will have, and note nothing more than what they can explore. "And we will sit upon rocks, / Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks." Again back to the pastoral -- note that they are not doing, rather being in the scene, "By shallow rivers to whose falls / Melodious birds si...
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