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What makes a person fall in love? Is it the items that are given? Is it the words said? In “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love”, these things seem to be the shepherds way of showing his love, but in “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd”, these things mean nothing to the nymph. She only makes fun at everything he has written. Only if he could prove the love would be everlasting, then she would love him. The nymph took every line of imagery that the shepherd has written and changed it as well as introduced her own imagery.

In “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love”, the shepherd showers a lady with countless lines of imagery. For example; “By shallow rivers, to whose falls, Melodious birds sing madrigals”, and “A cap of flowers, and a kirtle, embroidered all with leaves of myrtle”. The imagery creates a persuasive, sentimental tone. He attempts to persuade this lady to come and live with him with lines such as; “Come live with me and be my love, and we will all the pleasures prove”. All and all, he wants to give this lady everything he can and show his love to her.

In “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd”, she takes every line of imagery and alters the meaning completely. For instance; “Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roes, thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies, soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten-”. She introduces her own imagery as well; “Time drives the flocks from field to fold, when rivers rage and rocks grow cold”, and “But youth could last and love still breed, had joys no date, nor age nor need”. Her new imagery creates a pessimistic, playful tone. She presents a different image altogether that nothing last forever.

The two poems “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” and “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd” are similar to a rumor. One person is told something and thinks it is funny so they twist the meaning around and tell everyone. That is exactly what the Nymph does to the Shepherd by changing his imagery and introducing her own.

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What makes a person fall in love? This question has been around as long as the attraction between men and women. Looks? Position? Is it the items that are given? Is it the words said? In “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love”, these things seem to be the shepherds way of showing his love, but in “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd”, these things mean nothing to the nymph. She only makes fun of everything he has written. Only if he could prove the love would be everlasting will she deign to love him. The nymph took every line of imagery that the shepherd had written and changed it before going on to introduce her own imagery.

In “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love”, the shepherd showers a lady with countless lines of lyric verse, many describing a natural paradise. For example; “By shallow rivers, to whose falls, Melodious birds sing madrigals”, and “A cap of flowers, and a kirtle, embroidered all with leaves of myrtle”. The imagery creates a persuasive, sentimental tone, beckoning his love to picture herself there with him. He attempts to persuade this lady to come and live with him with lines such as; “Come live with me and be my love, and we will all the pleasures prove”. All and all, he wants to give this lady everything he can and show his love to her.

In “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd”, she takes every line and alters it to diminish his intent. For instance; “Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roes, thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies, soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten”. She introduces her own image of her own devising as well; “Time drives the flocks from field to fold, when rivers rage and rocks grow cold”, and “But youth could last and love still breed, had joys no date, nor age nor need”. Her words create a pessimistic, playful tone. She presents a different theme altogether, one that believes nothing last forever.

The two poems “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” and “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd” are rather like a rumor in motion. One person is told something and thinks it is funny so they twist the meaning around and tell everyone. That is exactly what the Nymph does to the Shepherd by changing his imagery and introducing her own.

Ultimately, these two verses reveal that one person's idea of love may well not be the same as another's. Even more important, love may well not even be what one person imagines will resonate with another. The shepherd and the nymph did not know each other well.
Reply:What makes a person fall in love? Our sub conscience mind does. Choosing the best possible mate for us to relive our parents marriage and create the change in it that was in their hearts to do so in their own. We live their unspoken dreams and wishes; the ones that were never spoken and most likely they did not even know what they were on a conscience level.