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Come live with me and be my love,

And we will all the pleasures prove

That valleys, groves, hills, and fields,

Woods, or steepy mountain yields.

And we will sit upon rocks,

Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks,

By shallow rivers to whose falls

Melodious birds sing madrigals.

And I will make thee beds of roses

And a thousand fragrant poises,

A cap of flowers, and a kirtle

Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle;

A gown made of the finest wool

Which from our pretty lambs we pull;

Fair lined slippers for the cold,

With buckles of the purest gold;

A belt of straw and ivy buds,

With coral clasps and amber studs;

And if these pleasures may thee move,

Come live with me, and be my love.

The shepherds' swains shall dance and sing

For thy delight each May morning:

If these delights thy mind may move,

Then live with me and be my love.

Imagery

Point of view- First person

Alliteration

Assonance

Consonance

History With Marlowe

In the Renaissance era in which this poem was written and Marlowe lived in. The printing press was created and popularized books for all. This helped and encouraged Marlowe as he was indeed a playwright and poet first and foremost. Marlowe was a very prominent writer at the time and throughout all of the Elizabethan and Jacobean time. He is sometimes refereed to as the Father of Tragedy because of his role in the evolution of play writing. Through the help of Christopher Marlowe. Shakespeare, and Walter Raleigh had begun to spread English across the world.

The Passionate Shepherd to His Love meaning

I feel that this poem is completely honest with you. In a way Christopher Marlowe is not hiding a thing in his poem or about his love. I have put together these collages to show what it means it progresses with each stanza.

"The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" - Christopher Marlowe

Year: 1599

Come live with me and be my love,

And we will all the pleasures prove

That valleys, groves, hills, and fields,

Woods, or steepy mountain yields.

And we will sit upon rocks,

Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks,

By shallow rivers to whose falls

Melodious birds sing madrigals.

And I will make thee beds of roses

And a thousand fragrant poises,

A cap of flowers, and a kirtle

Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle;

A gown made of the finest wool

Which from our pretty lambs we pull;

Fair lined slippers for the cold,

With buckles of the purest gold;

A belt of straw and ivy buds,

With coral clasps and amber studs;

And if these pleasures may thee move,

Come live with me, and be my love.

The shepherds' swains shall dance and sing

For thy delight each May morning:

If these delights thy mind may move,

Then live with me and be my love.

Introduction to Christohper Marlowe and the Anthology

 I believe that Christopher Marlowe my Great, times 8 grandfather, deserves to have the number one spot in the new anthology. His artistic talent deserves complete recognition. He published over 7 plays in his times along with two successful poems and two translated books. The Passionate Shepherd to his Love is a poem all about love, desire, devotion, and needs all things that effect people today. This poem successfully reaches the top of the list because; it is a poem that is considered perhaps one of the first examples of pastoral British poetry, it has been read throughout all of history, and deserves even more recognition. This poem along with Christopher Marlowe have been idols for young poets throughout history, the poem itself even encouraged another poet Walter Raleigh wrote the poem The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd.