A Carpe Diem PoemWrite your own carpe diem poem in the style of Christopher Marlowe. Remember what we talked about in class. What is the Shepherd urging his love to do? What arguments or appeals does he present to persuade his lady? Your own poem does not have to be a love poem, but it should be an attempt to persuade someone to "seize the day".
Use Marlowe's structure for your poem: 6 stanzas and an AABB rhyme scheme. |
Your own Reply
After exchanging your carpe diem poem with a neighbor, use it to write your own reply poem in the style of Sir Walter Raleigh's The Nymph's Reply. Be sure the poem follows the structure and rhyme scheme of Raleigh's poem. Be sure that it addresses all of the points in the original poem's entreaty.
If you did not exchange poems with a classmate, you must write your own reply to Marlowe's The Passionate Shepherd. |
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