Pastoral Poetry Flashcards
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What is Pastoral Poetry?
A
Pastoral poems are lyrics that celebrate the pleasures of a simple life in the country. Renaissance poets use a number of traditional conventions, such as making the speaker a Shepard who addresses or describes a shepherdess with whom he is in love and presenting an idealized world of nature.
2
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What was the most well-known example of pastoral poetry?
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“The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” by Christopher Marlowe
3
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Who had the most famous response to “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love”?
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Sir Walter Raleigh in 1600
4
Q
What were some similarities between Marlowe’s and Raleigh’s poems?
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- Rhyme sequence (couplets)
- Each stanza in Marlowe is responded by one in Raleigh
- Repeated lines
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What were some differences between Marlowe’s and Raleigh’s poems?
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- Male speaker vs female speaker
- Tone - loving, complimentary vs negative, rude, insulting
