Cite some examples of figurative language in “the passionate shepherd to his love” or “the nymph’s reply to the shepherd” and explain the effect(s) of that figurative language. your answer should be at least 250 words.

Love in the May countryside will be like a return to the Garden of Eden.  There is a tradition that our problems are caused by having too many restrictions, by society.  If we could get away from these rules, we could return to a prisitine condition of happiness.  The "free love" movement of the 1960's was a recent manifestation of this utopian belief.  If the nymph would go a-maying with the shepherd, they would have a perfect life.

Raleigh argues that it is not society that taints sexual love.  We are already tainted before we enter society.  Releigh combines carpe diem with tempus fugit in an unusual way.  Normally we should sieze the day because time flies.  Raleigh argues that because time flies, we should NOT sieze the day.