The poem’s images are all drawn from the kind springtime nature of the pastoral tradition and from music. This imagery creates a gentle fantasy of eternal spring. The poem appeals to almost all the senses—sight, sound, smell, and touch—as the speaker tells his love that they will watch “shepherds feed their flocks” and listen to birds singing madrigals (polyphonic melodies). He promises to make beds of roses, and clothing of flowers and wool for his beloved. Images of “shallow rivers,” “melodious birds,” “roses,” “pretty lambs,” and “ivy buds” evoke a nature that is pure, simple, blooming, and kind to innocent creatures
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