In “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love,” Marlowe uses the theme of carpe diem throughout his pastoral lyric; thus, using textual evidence (quotations from the poem) provide a tight reading of how the poet uses his theme as it relates to the shepherd and his love?

Remember to use quotations from the poem to support your claims/points; also, remember to review the information about how to cite poetry via MLA 9. This particular exercise is foreshadowing how you should analyze and closely read a poem since your five-page poetry essay later this month calls for that type of analysis.

1. In “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love,” Marlowe uses the theme of carpe diem throughout his pastoral lyric; thus, using textual evidence (quotations from the poem) provide a tight reading of how the poet uses his theme as it relates to the shepherd and his love?

2. What do you make of Jonson’s multiple references to Greek and Roman playwrights? How does his little jab that Shakespeare had “small Latin and less Greek” change your opinion of the allusions?

You can pick which one you would like to write about.