Question

Which of the following are examples of imagery from “The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd”? Select all that apply.

a) "If all the world and love were young…"
b) "…the flowers do fade..."
c) "Thy belt of straw…"
d) "In folly ripe, in reason rotten."

Answer 1

The answers are B) the flowers do fade and C) thy belt of straw

Answer 2

B) The flowers do fade

C) The belt of straw

Written by Sir Walter Ralegh The Nymph´s Reply to the Sheperd is a poem that describes how a Nymph rejects a sheperd´s proposition of love, as she is an inmortal and higher reason being, and he is mortal, in which case all og his promises have an ending.