(I) The Renaissance Poem: The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd (Raleigh) – Flashcards
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Besides a poet, what else was Walter Raleigh?
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An avid explorer who traveled and explored all around the world.
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What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?
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ABAB, CDCD, EFEF, etc..
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What kind of form is this poem in?
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6 stanzas, each containing 4 lines
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How does The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd differ from the Shepherd's Message?
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The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd emphasizes the winter and the harsh reality that comes with it, while the Shepherd's Message stresses springtime.
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To the nymph, the shepherd's offer
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is too fanciful.
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The images in "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd" are typical of a pastoral in that they are
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associated with the countryside.
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Does the nymph believe the shepherd's offer?
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No, because she suspects he is not telling the truth about his feelings
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What is the best summary of this stanza: 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.
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People's emotions can change like the seasons.
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In the last stanza of "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd," the nymph indicates that she wishes
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the world were different so that she might accept the shepherd's offer.
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The word pastoral, describing a kind of poem about country life, comes from the Latin word meaning —
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shepherd
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In "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd," the main "enemy" is
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time
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The passionate shepherd offers all of the following to his beloved except
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immortality
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In "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love," the shepherd offers the charms of —
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rustic pleasures
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The speaker in "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd" regards the shepherd's promised pleasures as being —
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temporary
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The speaker in the poem idealizes his love for the woman.
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True
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In "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd," the nymph suggests that all the things the shepherd has offered her are
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likely to wither, fade, die, or otherwise pass away.
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The word pastoral, describing a kind of poem about country life, comes from the Latin word meaning —
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shepherd
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In "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love," the shepherd offers the charms of —
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rustic pleasures
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The images in "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd" are typical of a pastoral in that they are
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associated with the countryside
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How does The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd differ from the Shepherd's Message?
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The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd emphasizes the winter and the harsh reality that comes with it, while the Shepherd's Message stresses springtime.
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The nymph wants the shepherd to offer her more material possessions.
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FALSE
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What flaws does the nymph find in the shepherd's idyllic vision? On what condition would she agree to live with him?
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She points out that winter replaces spring, rivers rage, rocks grow cold, birds stop singing and flowers fade. She would live with him if youth and joy lasted.
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What is the tone of the nymph's response to the shepherd?
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Cynical, realistic, sarcastic
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Describe the attitudes of the nymph in "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd" toward love and toward the future, and support your ideas with reference to the poem. Be careful to take into consideration the first and last stanzas as well as the imagery in the rest of the poem.
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Students should recognize the mixed emotions toward love in the poem by describing the nymph's attitude using such terms as a. cynical, disbelieving, and guarded. b. amused, wishful. Students could include points similar to the following: a. In the first stanza, the nymph makes a disparaging remark about the truthfulness of shepherds. b. The nymph uses organic images to tell the shepherd the gifts he offers are foolish, unreasonable, and short-lived. c. In the final stanza of the poem, the nymph indicates that she will remain unbending so long as the world is the way it is. d. In the final stanza, she also reveals a more generous attitude in saying that if things were otherwise, she might have been happy to accept the shepherd's offer. In addition, students could describe the nymph's attitude toward the future as discouraging or serious because a. the images in stanzas 2-5 are all associated with withering, dying, fading, and so on. b. she offers little reason for refusing the shepherd's offer other than that the passage of time discourages dalliance and foolishness.
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"Carpe diem" poetry anticipates that everything dies.
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TRUE
