Have in mind for your 250 word answer the following subjects: The Nymph does not believe in the sheperds love because she thinks his love is too fanciful. In every part we see the difference between the winter and the harsh way to be from the nymph and the springtime and love from the shepherd. we can contrast the skeptical point of view of the nimph with the warm offers of the shepherd. The main idea of this poem is that love and nature are beautiful but don't last forever.
Passive voice: a form or set of forms of a verb in which the subject undergoes the action of the verb (e.g. they were killed as opposed to the active form he killed them ).