This poem has seven bars. 1 paragraph is the general manager, calling on his lover to make a choice quickly, and don't hesitate: "Come, live with me and be my lover." This is the desire for love, the exposure of feelings and the sincere pursuit. From the second section to the sixth section, the poet further expresses the pure love of the hero and heroine with the harmonious and beautiful pastoral scenery of nature as the background.
They can sit comfortably on the rocks, watch the shepherd feed the lambs, walk by the shallow stream, and listen carefully to the birds singing the praises of love in the gurgling sound of running water. What a leisurely and free life this is. Then, the poet continued to describe the happiness of love from the aspects of wearing, wearing, using and even eating.
Weave a corolla with roses, a bed with thousands of bouquets, a long skirt with leaves of Shenmu, cold-proof shoe linings and robes with the best wool, shoe buckles with pure gold, belts with ivy and herbs, and so on. These very beautiful, precious and exotic items are used as decorations to dress up your lover.
At the same time, "delicious food" and "rich food" are for lovers. They are "placed on the table made of ivory", just like "used by the gods in the sky". The poet wrote these things with the purpose of: "If these pleasures can touch your heart,/Come and live with me and be my lover!"
In the last section, the poet wrote about the carnival activities of young shepherds, that is, "Every morning in May,/will dance for you, song for you". The purpose of these carnival activities is still: "If these joys can touch your heart,/come and live with me and be my lover!"
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The Shepherd's Love Song is one of the most famous love poems in Elizabethan period. After its publication, this poem was praised by many poets and readers. Shakespeare once quoted several lines from this poem in his comedies. In addition, many poets wrote poems about reading or offering peace for this poem, which shows the influence of Marlowe's poems at that time.
In this love poem, Marlowe painted us an ideal picture of rural life: steep and beautiful mountains, beautiful valley countryside, shallow streams, flowing water, thousands of bouquets and lovely lambs. The purpose of the poet's description is to summon the shepherdess here to "live together" and "be my lover".
Let * * * realize the happiness of this paradise-like life and the sweetness of love life. Marlowe regards himself as a passionate shepherd and his lover as a shepherdess, and summons his lover to be with him with his pastoral life and his love.