"Come live with me and be my love"

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Name: Abraham Yeh        

Grade: 9B

Project title: “Come live with me and be my love”

Focus: Marlowe’s use of      words in communicating the meaning of the poem and how his poem is a memorable one.

     

       The poem “come live with me and be my love” is a love poem written by Christopher Marlowe, persuading his love to come and spend some time with him. It is a poem full of romantic and passionate words that form natural imagery to convey the poet’s feelings and what he means. By the way the poet uses words to persuade his love, makes the poem similar to the poem, “To his coy mistress”.

      In the first stanza, the poet says, “Come live with me and be my love”. He just says “come” and does not add “please” to show her a bit of urgency but in a polite or calm tone. He stresses on the fact that he wants her to come and have a romantic time by saying, “and be my love”. In the next sentence, “And we will all the pleasures prove”. Already, he has started saying “we” to show that he really wants to be with her. He also wants to inform his love that he will give her a nice time when he says, “All the pleasures prove”. He then continues his sentence with, “that valleys, groves, hills, and fields woods or steepy mountains yields,” He says this to tell her where he wants them to go which is basically nature places. He uses the nature words to create natural imagery to show a wider imagination. Also he uses nature because already he can feel a sense of freshness and beauty for the two of them.

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        “And we will sit upon the rocks”. He says it to tell her what he really wants then to do. He uses the word, “sit” and not “stand” to show to his love that he wants to spend a long and comfortable time with her. He also shows that he wants them to have a relaxing time as he says, “Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks”. As when shepherds feed their flock, do it in a slow and calm manner. This sentence he has made also involves nature to show how he really wants them to ...

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