lines from William Shakespeare's "Sonnet 130" and

Christopher Marlowe's "ThePassionate Shepherd To His

Love", the themes of unconditional love, material

treasures, and vivid imagery are all used throughout

the poems through different points of view, to

The theme of unconditional love is expressed through

the two poems. The poet Christopher Marlowe in the poem

"The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" displays his affection

for his love by telling her that he will give her anything in the

world if she would just be with him, and love him. "And if

these pleasures may thee move, come live with me, and be

my love" (Lines 19-20). His words show that he is willing to do

anything for her to "Live with him,and be my (his) love" (Line 24).

However, the poet knows that he cannot give her these

offerings because the gifts that he is willing to give her are

merely IOU's from witch he wishes he could give her and is

written only to show to the fullest extent how much he loves

her. Where as in "Sonnet 130", the poet William Shakespeare is

sincere and truthful in his writings

across that his love is unconditional, same as the fellow poet

than materialistic things like Marlowe did. Shakespeare in

Christopher Marlowe in his poem "The Passionate Shepherd to

attributes' telling her that she is rare but at the same time that

finest wool"(Line 13). This shows that the poet is trying to use

the two poems. The poet Christopher Marlowe in the poem

conditions uses material treasure while the other uses

though the two poems are similar in that they deal with

would be fulfilled. However, in Shakespeare's poem, the

Shakespeare in "Sonnet 130" does not have to use material

attributes' telling her that she is rare but at the same time that

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