Why did Christopher Marlowe wrote The Passionate Shepherd to His Love?

Why did Christopher Marlowe wrote The Passionate Shepherd to His Love? It does not naturally grow in England, the country where Marlowe wrote “The Passionate Shepherd.” Invoking it in this poem thus signals the speaker’s allegiances: he wants his “love” to imagine Greek and Roman—not English— landscapes, and moreover, he makes it clear that he … Continue reading Why did Christopher Marlowe wrote The Passionate Shepherd to His Love?