What is the literal meaning of the 7th stanza of the poem “The Passionate Shepherd to his Love?
lit24 Teacher Doctorate Editor Expert $(document).ready(function() { $(‘a.toggle_expert_titles’).click(function() { $(‘#show_expert_titles’).toggle(); return false; }); }); Christopher Marlowe’s (1564-1593) pastoral love lyric “The Passionate Shepherd to his Love” is believed to have been written in 1588 when he was a student at Cambridge. It was published posthmously in 1599. The poem is the appeal of a young shepherd to his beloved lady love “to come and live with him.” It is not a marriage proposal but only a ‘live-in’ arrangement. The tone of the poem is both idealistic and idyllic. The shepherd lists out only the pleasures and not the drawbacks or dangers of a pastoral life to tempt her into accepting his offer. In the seventh stanza he concludes his long list of pastoral attractions by promising her that every “May-morning” (every day in the month of May) country youths shall dance and sing and entertain her if she agrees to “live with him and be his love.” ‘Swain’ is a poetic wo
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