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The Bait: The Passionate Shepherd To His Love

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The poem, The Bait, is an imitation of The Passionate Shepherd to His Love with a different interpretation about the values of a relationship are. While the shepherd promises his love riches beyond her wildest dreams, along with a life filled with joviality, the fisherman wants others to be envious of his relationship with such a beauteous woman. Through the use of metaphors, tones, and diction the theme of love is apparent; but, two different kinds of love are demonstrated. Both poems portray their love in the form of metaphors comparing fish and rural country life to their unending affection for the women. While the shepherd believes his love shall cause "Valleys... or steepy mountain yields," the fisherman compares him and his beloved to two fish in a brook. The water was not warmed by the sun but by the woman's presence making all other fish look her way, "And there the 'enamour'd fish will stay, Begging themselves they may betray." He presumes that all will be envious of him for she is so beautiful. The fisherman demonstrates his affection towards her by contrasting her allurement to that like fish to …show more content…

The shepherd is extremely fortuitous when conversing to his beloved. He vows to give her lavished gifts and repeatedly says, "If these delights thy mind may move,Then live with me, and be my love." The shepherd lives in a world of fantasies, promising her everything even though he can't afford much. While the fisherman is realistic with his love, he knows how love can be a dangerous game. He starts off cheerful and optimistic when describing how alluring she is; nevertheless, "That fish, that is not catch'd thereby, Alas, is wiser far than I," meaning those who aren't caught by love have no obligation to fear the temptations of such a powerful emotion. The shepherd promises an unrealistic view of what love has to offer while the fisherman conveys his emotions with reality in

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