Two Companion Poems Flashcards
What does the shepherd want his love to do in the first stanza?
Live with him and be his love
What pleasures does he say that he and his love will “prove” in stanzas one and two?
Idealizing the natural world and nature.
What does the showered promises his love that he will do for her in stanzas three, four, five, and six?
Bed of roses Thousand fragrants Flower crown Gold buckets and gold line slippers embroidered dress Gown of finest wool Shepherds will sing and dance Amber and coral.
Which of the shepherd’s promises seem unrealistic? Why would he make these promises?
Most of them
To try to get her to live with him
According to the first and second stanzas, what would make the young lady accept the sheperd’s offer?
If every shepherd told the truth
If love and the earth were young (never changed)
What does the young lady say will happen to most of the things the shepherd promises her in stanzas three, four, and five?
Flowers will fade
Winter will come
Jewelry is not enough
He will forget his promises
According to the last stanza, what would make the young lady accept the shepherds offer?
If they could stay young longer
If joy has no end
If their love could survive
Why does the young lady find the shepherds offer unimpressive?
Youth and it’s delights will fade.
Pastoral poetry
Very ancient genre of poetry
Deals with the loves and lives of shepherds and shepherdesses and other country folk
Rhyme scheme
The ordered pattern of rhymes and the ends of the lines of a poem or verse
Quatrain
A stanza of four lines especially one having alternate rhymes.
Alliteration
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
Prove
Experience
Grove
A small wood, orchard or groups of trees
Madrigal
Short love poems set to music
