Balti state university a. Russo chair of english philology

The Passionate Shepherd to His Love 
 
Come and live with me and be my love 
And we will all the pleasures prove, 
That valleys, groves, hills, and fields, 
Woods, or sleepy mountain yields. 
And we will sit upon the rocks, 
Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks, 
By shallow rivers, to whose falls 
Melodious birds sing madrigals
And will make thee beds of roses 
And a 1 000 fragrant prosies 
A cap of flowers, and a kirtle dress 
Embroided all with leaves of myrtle, 
The shepherd’s swains shall dance and sing boys 
For thy delight each April Morning 
If these delights thy mind may move 
Then live with me and be my love.” 

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Conclusions 
1. The changes in the world had left an impact on English Social life introducing novelties in 
Literature (Sonnet, Pastoral mode) 
2. Italian Art of Renaissance influenced greatly the creation of English poets and writers. 
3. The works of the age bore humanistic characteristics. 
4. Edmond Spenser introduced the 9-line stanza and contributed to the development of the 
English Sonnet
5. Christopher Marlowe and Th. More created works full of humanism, criticising the vices 
of society and the old medieval way of life. 
Recommended assignments: 
I. 
Read the extract from Fairy Queen  and answer the following questions: 
Spenser used personification as means of describing the seven sins of the world. Can we attribute the same 
sins to nowadays or will they be different. 
Read stanzas 17 and 36. They form the beginning and the end of the excerpt . What creates the different 
emotional effect of these stanzas? 
II. 
Read Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe and do the following assignments: 
1. Quote the excerpt which presents Dr. Faustus unhappy with his medical career. What 
reasons does he have for changing his way of life? 
2. Both speeches Dr. Faustus makes (The Apparition of Helen and the Damnation of Faustus) 
possess an intensity of feeling. State the differences in the mood of each. Comment on them.