“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 relax. He also uses the word, “seeing” to show to her that it is only for pleasure. He then says, “By shallow rivers to whose falls”. The poet uses the word, “river” because the river is indeed a peaceful and quiet place to be and that that is what he wants. Then he says “Melodious birds sing madrigals”. Again he uses a natural imagery to create a nice impression in his love’s mind.
In this stanza, the poet is just beginning to try to capture his love’s mind with calm and passionate natural imagery.
“And I will make thee beds of roses and a thousand fragrant posies”. Although the persona is using natural imagery to capture his love’s mind still, over here he uses this allusion to convince his love to come and live with him. He uses this allusion because he knows that roses cannot be made out posies no matter the amount, he wants to show to his love that he loves her so much that he would do something impossible and something that could take forever. In the next two sentences, he says, “A cap of flowers, and a kirtle Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle” to explain to his love that if she comes to live with him, he would make her a kirtle (a skirt made with leaves) of myrtle. He shows her that it would be a beautiful one when he uses the word, “Flowers”. Also, in this stanza, he uses natural imagery to convince his love.
In stanza four the persona again convinces his love by telling her that he would make her a gown made of the finest wool when he says “A gown made of the finest wool which from our pretty lambs we pull”. We see that he often uses words to then show the beauty of the things he mentions like the word “pretty” he uses to tell her that it is a nice kirtle. Then he says, “Fair lined slippers for the cold”. In this sentence, he creates a beautiful scene in his love’s mind and for the first time using a caring tone. His caring tone is conveyed when he uses the word, “cold” to show that he would provide her with shelter. In the next sentence, he wants to make her feel confident and important when he tells her that, “With buckles of the purest gold” as it is only important people that wear gold.
In the next stanza, the persona once again tries to convince his love using beautiful nature things like a belt made of straw with ivy buds. When you first read this part, you would think that is all he wants to tell her but the he says “A belt of straws and ivy buds with coral clasps and amber studs”. He adds the sentence, “with coral clasps and amber studs” to even decorate the scene she has already. Then he says, “And if these pleasures may thee move, come live with me and be my love”. In this, persona goes straight to the point telling his love that if all that he has told her is good enough she should just come and stay with him. There is also a feeling of him being desperate when he says in the last line that, “come live with me and be my love”
I think that the poem is made memorable by the way the persona uses natural imagery to relate to his feelings and by the way he uses a very convincing and gentle tone to persuade his love to come and be his love . This twenty line poem is also made memorable by the way the poet uses rhymes to catch the attention of the reader and the way he uses some old fashioned English to draw attention to the reader such as, “flocks”. That is how the poem, “come live with me and be my love” written by Christopher Marlowe is made memorable.