Poems

There are certain poems that make a heart hum with contentment and add imaginative energy to the readers mind. With closed eyes one can dance with the narrator’s vivid verbs and spin along in the surreal world of poetry. “The Passionate Shepherd to his Love” does exactly that. The tone is loving, giving, and eager. Christopher Marlowe is conveying his love by placing all he would give this woman out on the table and …

…understood a little better. It is almost as if both narrator’s can be seen debating over which method is going to achieve stronger results; looking at the situation from the eyes of a hopeless romantic, or a practical solid-minded Sir Walter Raleigh. Either way, both poems share an interesting view of the same scenery and situation, yet they contrast to give the reader a sense of contemplation and awareness about the interpretation of poetry.