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1、HuangXiaojuanEnglishLiterature2011.11.29AppreciationofthePassionateShepherdtoHisLove"ThePassionateShepherdtoHisLove"isapoemwrittenbytheEnglishpoetChristopherMarloweandpublishedin1599(sixyearsafterthepoet'sdeath).Afterreadingthepoem,ibecomeinterestedintheauthor-ChristopherMarlowe,soisearc

2、htheInternetformoreabouthisinformation.Followingisabouthislife,includingeducation,plays,dramasetc..ChiristopherMarloweisthemostprominentpastoralpoetintheElizabethanage.ThePassionateShepherdtoHisLoveisoneofMarlowe'smostfamousworks,whichinfluencedmanygenerations.Thenarratorexpressedhisinno

3、cent,deeplovetohisadmiredgirlthroughmusicalbeautyandmagnificentimagesinthepoemandcalledhertolivewithhimandbehislove.Soundandimagecountalotinthisoutstandingpoem.HewasanEnglishdramatistandpoet.ProbablythegreatestEnglishdramatistbeforeShakespeare.Education:MarlowewaseducatedatCambridgeandhe

4、wenttoLondonin1587,wherehebecameanactoranddramatistfortheLordAdmiral'sCompany.Plays:HismostimportantplaysarethetwopartsofTamburlainetheGreat(c.1587),Dr.Faustus(c.1588),TheJewofMalta(c.1589),andEdwardII(c.1592).Marlowe'sdramas:hisdreamshaveheroicthemes,usuallycenteringonagreatpersonalityw

5、hoisdestroyedbyhisownpassionandambition.Theuseofthelanguage:Thepoeticbeautyanddignityofhislanguageraisethemtothelevelofhighart.Marlowedeath:In1593,Marlowewasstabbedinabarroombrawlbyadrinkingcompanion.Thepoemwasadaptedforthelyricsofthe1930s-styleswingsongperformedbyStaceyKentatthecelebrat

6、oryballinthe1995filmofWilliamShakespeare'sRichardIII.ItwasalsothethirdoftheLiebesliederPolkasforMixedChorusandPianoFiveHands,writtenbyP.D.Q.Bach(releasedin1980)andperformedbytheSwarthmoreCollegeChorus.Inadditiontobeingoneofthemostwell-knownlovepoemsintheEnglishlanguage,itisconsideredoneo

7、ftheearliestexamplesofthepastoralstyleofBritishpoetryinthelateRenaissanceperiod.Itiscomposediniambictetrameter,withsevenstanzaseachcomposedoftworhymingcouplets.Itisoftenusedforscholasticpurposesbecausethepoemisagoodexampleofregularmeterandrhythm.Whenreadthispoem,wecanstro