Christopher+Marlowe

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 * The poem appeals to the senses of sight, sound, smell, and touch.**

ex. "seeing the shepherds feed their flocks" -sight

"melodious birds sing madrigals" -sound

"a thousand fragrant poises, a cap of flowers"- smell

"sit upon the rocks"- touch

"shallow rivers", "melodious birds", "roses", "pretty lambs", and "ivy buds" evoke a nature that is pure and blooming.
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The **poem combines alliteration** (The shepherd's swains shall dance and sing), **rhythm, and rhyme** to create a song-like lyric. ex. the "l" sound is repeated in the words "live", "love", "all", "hills", "shallow", "flocks", "falls" and "myrtle" the "m" sound occurs in "mountain", "madrigals", "myrtle", "lambs", and "amber" the "s" sound appears in the words "seeing", "shepherds", "shallow", "roses", "sing", and "swains"