1) Discuss how it came to be written. 'The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd' was a reply written in 1600 by Sir Walter Raleigh in response to ' The Passionate Shepherd to His Love' by Christopher Marlowe in 1599. It is indeed a negative criticism or opposite response, if you will, of Marlow's poem as the discourse of the nymph shows. Simply summarize the poem in your own words.