The emotional versus the rational: a literary analysis and comparison between "The Nymph's Answer to Her Shepherd" by Sir Walter Raleigh and "The Passionate Shepherd to his shepherd" by Christopher Marlowe Love" "Seize the day and place as little faith as possible in tomorrow": Horace's statement at first sight, especially in light of the treatment of the thematic issues related to carpe diem poetry, could have a ring of truth and might appear to be a reasonable and logical statement. He puts forward the view that one should “seize the day” since “tomorrow” is uncertain. However, it can also be argued from the point of view that due to the fleeting nature of time, it is not reasonable to seize the moment as a person's achievements and achievements will be forgotten in the rapid passage of time and will not amount to much in terms of value. the long term. This difference in perspective, regarding the passage of time and the treatment of the carpe diem motif, is revealed in the poems "The Nymph's Answer to Her Shepherd" and "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love"; although it can be argued that the poems share some similarities. Indeed, although both poems are in line with the literary traditions, structures and themes of carpe diem, love and pastoral poetry, Christopher Marlowe's poetry upholds the traditions of carpe diem, love and pastoral poetry while the poetry of Sir Walter Raleigh violates them. traditions because the (female) character in her poem imitates the images of Christopher Marlowe's poetry in a negative and cynical tone; apparently mocks the reasoning behind the argument of Christopher Marlowe's (male) personality, which expresses emotionally charged romantic ideals, while using figurative language that claims... middle of paper... I won't last very long. Thus, Raleigh undermines the tradition of love poetry that tends to idealize all forms of love regardless of long-term consequences. In conclusion, Christopher Marlowe's poem, "The Shepherd Passionate to His Love" supports the traditional associations attributed to carpe diem, pastoralism, and love. poem while Sir Walter Raleigh's poem, "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd" undermines and violates these traditions and allows the female personality to criticize the male personality's futile and feeble attempts to persuade her love interest to make love to him ; in doing so, Raleigh departed from traditional literary conventions not only in her treatment of thematic issues related to carpe diem, pastoral, and love poetry, but she empowered the female personality to provide her with a voice to answer her male identity. the suitor's attempt to woo her.