The Passionate Shepherd to His Love

1. The Passionate Shepherd to His Love

2. Vocabulary—pastoral description • Grove (n.)-a small group of trees. Ex: a grove of birch trees • Madrigal / mædrgl/ (n.) a song for several singers, usually without musical instruments, popular in the 16th century • Posy (n.)- a small bunch of flowers • Kirtle (n.)-to decorate fabric with a pattern of stitches usually using colored thread: Ex: an embroidered blouse • Shepherd (n.) - a person whose job is to take care of sheep. • Myrtle / m3 tl; AmE m3 rtl/ noun [U, C] a bush with shiny leaves, pink or white flowers and bluish-black berries

3. . • Lined (n.) -(of clothes) having a lining (a layer of material used to cover the inside surface of something.: a pair of leather gloves with fur linings ) inside them. Ex: a lined skirt • Buckle-(n.) a piece of metal or plastic used for joining the ends of a belt or for fastening a strap on a bag, shoe, etc. • Bud (PLANT PART) noun [C]-a small part of a plant, that develops into a flower or leaf • Coral (n.) [U]- a rock-like substance, formed in the sea by groups of particular types of small animal, that is often used in jewelry • Clasp (v.) [T] - to hold someone or something firmly in your hands or arms

4. Amber (n.)- a hard transparent yellowish-brown substance which was formed in ancient times from the liquid of trees and is used in jewellery • Stud (JEWELLERY ) (n.)- [C]a small piece of metal jewellery that is put through a part of your body such as your ear or nose • Swain (n.)- youths

5. The Passionate Shepard to his Love 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 the 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 posies, 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.

6. Paraphrase Come live with me and be my love. We will try all the pleasure offered by valleys, roves, woods and mountains. I want us to sit upon the rocks with shallow rivers falling under our feet, seeing those shepherds far away feeding their sheep, and hearing birds sing beautifully around us. And I will use roses to make beds decorated with a thousand sweet-smelling posies for you to lie. I will weave a flower cap, and make you kirtle fringed with myrtleleaves.

7. We pull out of the finest wool from our lambs to make a pretty gown. And a pair of high-quality slippers will be made for you, to keep you from being cold. On the slippers I will put buckles, which was made of purest gold. Also, I will make you a belt of straw and ivy buds with coral clasps and amber studs. If these pleasure may touch your heart, come live with me and be my love. The young shepherd shall dance and sing in each May morning to delight you, and if you may be touched by these delights, then live with me and be my love.

8. Pastoral Poem • Definition a poetic kind that concerns itself with simple life of country folk and describes that life in stylized, idealized terms. • Characteristics 1)The people in the pastoral poem are usually shepherds, although they maybe be fishermen or other rustics who lead an outdoor life and are involved in tending to basic human needs in a simplified society.

12. Structure • Main Idea: The shepherd makes a lot of things to send his love and in order to show his passionate affection. The poem is divided into three parts: Ⅰ.stanza 1~stanza2 The speaker hopes his love to live with him and enjoy the beauty of the nature. Ⅱ.stanza 3~stanza 5 The speaker makes many things to please and persuade his love. Ⅲ.stanza 6 The speaker says that everybody welcome his love if she comes to live with him.

13. Rhyme: The poem has a special term of rhyme. Every two lines the rhyme is the same. The shepherd’s use of form and meter is used to sooth and persuade his love to come live with him. With a classic rhyme scheme of aabb, “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love,” is written in iambic tetrameter, which is four feet (tetra) of unstressed/stressed syllables (iambic), with seven stanzas each composed of two rhyming couplets. • Repetition: “Come live with me and be my love” (shown on stanza 1, 5, and 6, line 1) The repetition of the sentences strengthens his passion to his love. In reader’s part, we can understand speaker’s intention much more clearly

14. Imagery--Functions • visual image: 1.sit upon the rocks... 2.seeing the shepherds feed their flocks by shallow rivers 3.The shepherd swains shall dance and sing. • audio image: melodious birds sing madrigals • Smell image: a thousand fragrant posies

15. The Speaker & Listener • The speaker: the passionate shepherd The shepherd’s personality: 1)sincere: He makes many things such as beds of roses, fragrant posies,flower cap,kirtle,gown,slippers(shown at stanza 2 and 3) to show his sincerity for his love to the lady. 2)rich: He is not an ordinary shepherd, instead, a rich shepherd. We can find evidence at the bottom of stanza 4: “Fair lined slippers for the cold, with buckles of the purest gold.”

16. Tone • Sincere In stanza 3~5, the shepherd gives the one he adores lots of things which are made by the shepherd, himself such as beds of roses, fragrant posies, a cap of flowers and a gown, slippers and a belt, and so on in order to show his sincerity to his love. • Passionate The shepherd repeats the sentence “Come live with me and be my love” three times (stanza 1, 5, 6) with a view to expressing his passion and affections to his love.

17. Conclusion • Through this poem, we can understand more about the pastoral poem. The characteristics of pastoral poem are unrealistic and fanciful, and the main characters mentioned in this kind of poem are usually shepherds, sometimes fishermen. Also, the content of pastoral poem are mostly related to nature and we can find the evidences of this kind of style (such as valleys, groves, hills, fields, wood, and steepy mountain yields in the 1st stanza; rocks, flocks, rivers and birds in the 2nd stanza).

18. However, most parts in the poem are related to the descriptions of the nature, but somehow, we readers can enjoy the poem by understanding the deep affection the shepherd wants to show. Compared with the poem. “To His Coy Mistress,” people in 17th century are much opener and they show their affection more directly. From this poem, “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love,” we can understand the attitude of people in 16th century express their love with a gentle and sincere tone.

19. Read the response to the poem.

20. The Nymph’s Reply to the ShepherdBY SIR WALTER RALEIGH If all the world and love were young, And truth in every Shepherd’s tongue, These pretty pleasures might me move, To live with thee and be thy love. Time drives the flocks from field to fold, When Rivers rage and Rocks grow cold, And Philomel becometh dumb, The rest complains of cares to come. The flowers do fade, and wanton fields, To wayward winter reckoning yields, A honey tongue, a heart of gall, Is fancy’s spring, but sorrow’s fall. Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of Roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten: In folly ripe, in reason rotten. Thy belt of straw and Ivy buds, The Coral clasps and amber studs, All these in me no means can move To come to thee and be thy love. But could youth last, and love still breed, Had joys no date, nor age no need, Then these delights my mind might move To live with thee and be thy love.