Question

passionate shepherd to his love
christopher marlowe
come live with me and be my love,
and we will all the pleasures prove,
that hills and valleys, dales and field,
or woods or steepy mountain yields.
and we will sit upon the rocks 5
and see the shepherds feed their flocks,
by shallow rivers, to whose falls
melodious birds sing madrigals.
and i will make thee beds of roses
and a thousand fragrant posies, 10
a cap of flowers, and a kirtle
embroider’d all with leaves of myrtle;
a gown made of the finest wool,
which from our pretty lambs we pull;
fair lined slippers for the cold, 15
with buckles of the purest gold;
how does the form of this poem relate to its meaning?
a the rhyming couplets make the love song musical and charming.
b the use of stanzas clearly reveals the two different speakers conversing.
c the use of four line sections indicates that the speaker is being ironic.
d the rhyming couplets make the narrative related in the story more exciting.

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each option:

• Option A: The poem "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" uses rhyming couplets (each pair of lines rhymes). Rhyming couplets create a musical, charming effect, fitting a love song's tone.
• Option B: The poem has one speaker (the shepherd), so there's no two - speaker conversation, eliminating B.
• Option C: Four - line sections don't indicate irony; the shepherd is sincere in his romantic offer, so C is wrong.
• Option D: The poem is a love poem, not a narrative story, so D's "narrative related in the story" is incorrect.

Answer:

A. The rhyming couplets make the love song musical and charming.