The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd / Sir Walter Raleigh

Test Practice

Compare and Contrast Poems

With a partner, discuss how to answer these questions about the selection.

1. Which of the following expresses a similarity between “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” and “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd”?
a. The poems share the same format.
b. Both poems contain a lot of autumn imagery.
c. The speaker is the same in the two poems.
d. The tone of the poems is similar.


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