Love over the years has been interpreted as intense interpersonal attraction (“I love my partner”). Love can also refer specifically to the passionate desire and intimacy of a romantic. love, to the emotional closeness of familial love, or to the platonic love that defines friendship, to the deep union or devotion of religious love. Love has been defined by individuals to get close to someone who has real feelings or cares deeply. and for which you will risk your life. But now love has a bad reputation because now some people are only interested in non-intimate sexual relationships with other people prefer temporary relationships, instead of devoting their lives to their beloved. These types of individuals like to promise things they cannot afford and may use deception to seduce others by promising to give them strange and expensive materials. “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” and “The Response of the Nymph to the Shepherd” are perfect examples. different visions of love. These poems have similar structures, but the two speakers have different views on love and reality. To begin with, “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” is a pastoral poem written by Christopher Marlowe in the late 16th century. Pastoral is a term that comes from the Latin word for shepherd: pastor. The pastoral poem deals with shepherds and rustic life. This poem takes place in the field or home of a shepherd. The only information we have about the speaker is that he is a shepherd and that he thinks romantically and idealistically. Marlowe doesn't focus much on the setting or character, but rather on the point the shepherd is trying to make to the girl. The main theme of this poem is that of identity... middle of paper ... the shepherd's pleas seem much more believable. These two poems can teach a lesson even today. The idealistic world the shepherd had dreamed of seemed like a beautiful thing, but he had no solid evidence to support it. There are many examples of this life, not just in love. The young nymph had to realize that the things he offered her, although tempting, were not what she wanted in life. She knew that because time is short and life does not last forever, one must think about the impact that decisions made today will have on the future. Works Cited Marlowe, Christopher. " "The passionate shepherd to his love. "Raleigh, Walter." The nymph's response to the shepherd. "Literature and the Writing Process. By Susan X. Day, Elizabeth McMahan, Robert Funk, and Linda Coleman. 9th ed. New York, New York: Longman, 2010-2011..