Question

Comment on the use of pastoral imagery in the shepherd and his flock poem

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Explanation:

shepherd – This one image controls the whole poem. ... Pastoral evokes a past world of rural innocence, such as the Garden of Eden before the Fall of humankind. ... Here, the shepherd is someone who is alongside, but does not rule his flock. ... What is your reaction to Blake's vision of what the authority of God looks like?Marlowe chooses nature's idealized form for "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" because nature is meant to be seductive. The speaker is hoping the beauty of nature will convince the beloved to move to the countryside, which is why Marlowe sneaks all of the natural imagery into the promises or arguments of the poem.