The Passionate Shepherd to His Love Symbolism, Imagery & Wordplay

Anytime you're dealing with a pastoral, it's safe to assume there's going to be lots of nature imagery in the mix. We're talking frolicking lambs, rolling hills, babbling brooks, and cows that magi...

Shmoop's gonna let you in on a little secret. Many of the specific kinds of plants mentioned in this poem have symbolic meaning attached to them, so we thought we'd give them the special treatment...

Spring has sprung! Or, you know, maybe not. But if you've been reading "The Passionate Shepherd to his love", you've probably got the twitter of birds, the smell of flowers, and green hills a-plent...

The hills are alive with the sound of music, and we have more than just the Von Trapp family to thank for it. Music appears in "The Passionate Shepherd" literally and rhythmically, and it helps con...