1. “The Passionate Shepherd To His Love”
Dabina, Caroline, Diane, Ryan, and Max

2. Thesis
In “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love,” the theme of the shepherd coaxing the object of his affections to the countryside to live a luxurious life is supported throughout the poem through the poet's use of various stylistic features such as conventional structure, imagery, a loving tone, and symbolism.

3. Main Ideas
The speaker of the poem, a shepherd, is in love with someone
The shepherd wants object of their affections to come to the countryside with them
They’ll enjoy the countryside together

4. STRUCTURE

5. Iambic tetrameter – meter almost always iambic, regular
Lends a singsong quality
Smooth
Uses a rhyme scheme (AABB)
Employs consonance
Regular, conventional structure

6. Tone

7. Tone Loving, caring tone
Speaker constantly tells the person he loves that he will offer or promise them things
Sounds like a confession of love
Is affectionate, passionate, like a love song
Effect: shows the reader the extent of the passion the speaker feels for the person they love, the poem’s “you”

8. Symbolism

9. Symbols
“valleys, groves, hills, and fields, woods, or step mountain” lines 3, 4
“roses” line 9
Often represents love, beauty, and desire
“posies” line 10
“myrtle” line 12
Often associated with Greek goddess of love/sexuality
“ivy buds” line 17
“coral” line 18
Overlap with poem’s imagery
All connect to love and marriage
Shows loving environment of the couple
Presents pastoral, beautiful scenery

10. Imagery

11. Visual imagery (Lines 3 ~ 4): “That hills and valleys, dale and field, / And all the craggy mountains yield.”
Provides image of overall landscape
Auditory and visual imagery (Lines 5 ~ 8): “There will we sit upon the rocks / And  see the shepherds feed their flocks, / By shallow rivers, to whose falls”
Makes mood blissful, comforting, and relaxing
Olfactory imagery (Lines 9 ~ 10): “There will I make thee beds of roses / And a thousand fragrant posies,”
Fragrant smell of flowers
Softness of rose petals
Overall, the imagery highlights the simple, rustic pleasures of the countryside

12. Literary devices

13. Literary devices help glorify the life in the countryside Alliteration
Literary devices help glorify the life in the countryside
Alliteration
Creates a kind of rhythm, seems musical
Rhyme
AABBCCDD form, as previously mentioned
Repetition and hyperbole
Emphasizes how much the speaker loves the countryside
These all make the poem more lyrical

14. Thanks for reading!