30 points describe the attitudes of the nymph in "the nymph's reply to the shepherd" toward love and toward the future, and support your ideas with reference to the poem. be careful to take into consideration the first and last stanzas as well as the imagery in the rest of the poem.

mixed emotions toward love in the poem by describing the nymph's attitude using such terms as a. cynical, disbelieving, and guarded. b. amused, wishful. Students could include points similar to the following: a. In the first stanza, the nymph makes a disparaging remark about the truthfulness of shepherds. b. The nymph uses organic images to tell the shepherd the gifts he offers are foolish, unreasonable, and short-lived. c. In the final stanza of the poem, the nymph indicates that she will remain unbending so long as the world is the way it is. d. In the final stanza, she also reveals a more generous attitude in saying that if things were otherwise, she might have been happy to accept the shepherd's offer. In addition, students could describe the nymph's attitude toward the future as discouraging or serious because a. the images in stanzas 2-5 are all associated with withering, dying, fading, and so on. b. she offers little reason for refusing the shepherd's offer other than that the passage of time discourages dalliance and foolishness.

particulars about treasure island, from the beginning to the end, keeping nothing back but the bearings of the island, and that only because there is still treasure not yet lifted, i take up my pen in the year of grace and go back to the time when my father kept th

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