The British Renaissance Produced Many Types Of Literature And Was Influenced By Shakespeare, Marlow, And Spenser

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"The Passionate Shepherd to His Love." The Shepherd in
his poem offers the world to his Love and everything with it. He is an old man
and hopes to win the girl's heart. Notice the word ‘hopes.'

If these delights thy mind may move,
Then live with me and be my love.

And so the last two lines of the poem end. Putting these lines at the very end
of the poem emphasizes the unsure gestures of the Shepherd. His age also
brings up another very interesting view of Marlowe's. In the poem, Marlowe
expresses the idea that age has no influence upon love and a person's feelings.
The shallow rivers, waterfalls, birds singing, and flowers all personify the
Shepherd's feeling that age has nothing to do with love and his hopes of winning
the younger girl's heart. The scene that is created is highly discernible as
Spring, the time of year associated with love and light-heartedness. The
allusions to these things also demonstrates the Shepherd's hollow ...

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