English 10R-Wednesday, 11/2/16

Homework: (If you were absent, look up the poem below, read, annotate and bring the questions and answers below to class tomorrow.)

“The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd" by Sir Walter Raleigh

1.    What argument is the speaker making about the relationship between youth and love?

2.    What other words or phrases in the poem indicate the presence of "time"?

3.    What function does "time" serve in the poem?

4.    What relationship does the speaker establish between "time" and "youth"?

5.    How does Raleigh develop a central idea of his poem?

6.    How might your understanding of the last two lines be different if "mind" was replaced with "heart"?