The Passionate ShepHerd To His Love

The Passionate Shepherd To His LoveDabina, Caroline, Diane, Ryan, and MaxThesisIn The Passionate Shepherd to His Love, the theme of the shepherd coaxing the object of his affections to the countryside to live a luxurious life is supported throughout the poem through the poet's use of various stylistic features such as conventional structure, imagery, a loving tone, and symbolism.Main Ideas

The speaker of the poem, a shepherd, is in love with someoneThe shepherd wants object of their affections to come to the countryside with themTheyll enjoy the countryside together

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STRUCTUREIambic tetrameter meter almost always iambic, regularLends a singsong qualitySmoothUses a rhyme scheme (AABB)Employs consonanceRegular, conventional structure

ToneToneLoving, caring toneSpeaker constantly tells the person he loves that he will offer or promise them thingsSounds like a confession of loveIs affectionate, passionate, like a love songEffect: shows the reader the extent of the passion the speaker feels for the person they love, the poems you

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SymbolismSymbolsvalleys, groves, hills, and fields, woods, or step mountain lines 3, 4roses line 9Often represents love, beauty, and desireposies line 10myrtle line 12Often associated with Greek goddess of love/sexualityivy buds line 17coral line 18Overlap with poems imageryAll connect to love and marriageShows loving environment of the couplePresents pastoral, beautiful scenery

http://www.globeimages.net/img-haa-valley-in-bhutan-660.htmImageryVisual imagery (Lines 3 ~ 4): That hills and valleys, dale and field,/ And all the craggy mountains yield.Provides image of overall landscapeAuditory and visual imagery (Lines 5 ~ 8): There will we sit upon the rocks/ And see the shepherds feed their flocks,/ By shallow rivers, to whose fallsMakes mood blissful, comforting, and relaxingOlfactory imagery (Lines 9 ~ 10): There will I make thee beds of roses/ And a thousand fragrant posies,Fragrant smell of flowersSoftness of rose petalsOverall, the imagery highlights the simple, rustic pleasures of the countryside

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Literary deviceshttp://cheaphotelsme.wordpress.com/tag/country-side/Literary devices help glorify the life in the countrysideAlliterationCreates a kind of rhythm, seems musicalRhymeAABBCCDD form, as previously mentionedRepetition and hyperbole Emphasizes how much the speaker loves the countrysideThese all make the poem more lyrical

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