Question

According to the speaker in "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd," what conditions, if they were true, would persuade her to join the shepherd in his pastoral paradise? Select all that apply.

Answer 1

Answer:

1. If youth never gave way to old age
2. If consequences did not follow actions

Explanation:

"The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd" is a poem, written by Walter Raleigh, which was intended to be a response to a poem written by Christopher Marlowe called "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love".

The following excerpt from Raleigh's poem exemplifies that the nymph would follow the shepherd if youth never gave way to old age:

But could youth last and love still breed,

Had joys no date nor age no need,

Then these delights my mind might move

To live with thee and be thy love.

While the concept of consequences that follow actions can be found in numerous instances within the poem, with the following as an example:

The flowers do fade, and wanton fields,

To wayward winter reckoning yields,

A honey tongue, a heart of gall,

Is fancy’s spring, but sorrow’s fall.