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Analysis on The Nyph
Title: Analysis on The Nyph
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 934 | Pages: 4.0 (approximately 235 words/page)
Analysis on The Nyph
"The Nymph' s Reply to the Shepherd"
Sir Walter Raleigh writes of a nymph's reply to an eager shepherd's request. Through his stunning use of imagery and figurative language, Raleigh paints an exquisite picture of true love versus the shepherd' s lust.
In the poem the nymph compares the shepherd' s "love" in the second quatrain to just a momentary feeling, or even a crush, when she says ". . .and Philomel becometh dumb, the rest complains …showed first 75 words of 934 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 934 total…Formal- ex: "thee", "thy"
Connotative- The images are real, but are taken from the Passionate Shepherd to His love, and go beyond their meaning. The effect of time on these objects is representative of all change.
Concrete- The words are specific and give a mental picture
ex: "coral claps", "rivers rage"
Cacophonous-ex: "rage", "gall", "sorrow", "forgotten", "rotten"
Although there are many pleasant sounding words in the poem they are all dervied from the shepherd's promises.
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