The_Nymph_And_The_Landslide

The Nymph And The Landslide The Nymph and the Landslide For this comparative essay, I have chosen to compare the poem “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd,” by Sir Walter Ralegh to the song Landslide written by Stevie Nicks and performed by the band Fleetwood Mac. The content of the essay will focus on the tone, theme, sound effects, imagery, point of view and form between the two works. In “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd,” the tone of the poem is non-optimistic. The nymph can not see the idealistic view of the shepherd ever working. She relates everything will change due to time and therefore believes the shepherds love will not last forever as well. The nymph states, “Time drives the flocks from the field to fold/When rivers rage and rocks grow cold.”(pg. 899 Bedford) This shows us that she feels nothing will last because eventually time takes over and everything changes. Even with all the offers the shepherd had for her she still rejects him with the doubt that it will not be everlasting. She says “Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy bed of roses/ Thy cap, thy kirtle and thy poises/Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten,”(pg. landslide, nymph’s, shepherd, poem, love, nymph, change, because, time, thy, reply, narrator, view, two, sound, song, nature, end, changes, bedford, works, work, within, theme, stevie, ralegh, point, nicks, life, last, feelings, everything, deals, words, tone