How different would your life be if you knew that you'd never get old? Would you travel more? Take more risks? Less risks? Have more hobbies? Would you be happier than you are now?
Everyone's answer to this question will be different, but it's a hypothetical that has captivated poets and song writers for centuries, the most recent incarnation being the song "We Are Young" by the band F.U.N. If you were in high school or college in 2012, you know exactly what we're talking about; you've heard this song no less than 532 times, can sing it in your sleep, and probably included it on a very poignant graduation playlist that your friends blared on the way to beach week.
This song is the "Forever Young" of the millennial generation, an anthem dedicated to celebrating youth in all its beauty and indiscretions. And while it might seem odd to draw comparisons between a pop hit from 2012 and a seemingly cynical poem from early modern England, "The Nymph's Reply" and "We Are Young" raise similar questions: how does our youth (or lack thereof) influence the way that we live?
The speaker in the poem implies that she might make some different choices "had joys no date, nor age no need" (22), but what about you? Is going after what you truly want regardless of the long term consequences actually the recipe for happiness, or, like the nymph, should we sacrifice the prospect of short-term delights for something more enduring? We at Shmoop don't pretend to have the answer, but we recommend Sir Walter Ralegh's poem as a good place to start.
How different would your life be if you knew that you'd never get old? Would you travel more? Take more risks? Less risks? Have more hobbies? Would you be happier than you are now?Everyone's answer to this question will be different, but it's a hypothetical that has captivated poets and song writers for centuries, the most recent incarnation being the song "We Are Young" by the band F.U.N. If you were in high school or college in 2012, you know exactly what we're talking about; you've heard this song no less than 532 times, can sing it in your sleep, and probably included it on a very poignant graduation playlist that your friends blared on the way to beach week.This song is the "Forever Young" of the millennial generation, an anthem dedicated to celebrating youth in all its beauty and indiscretions. And while it might seem odd to draw comparisons between a pop hit from 2012 and a seemingly cynical poem from early modern England, "The Nymph's Reply" and "We Are Young" raise similar questions: how does our youth (or lack thereof) influence the way that we live?The speaker in the poem implies that she might make some different choices "had joys no date, nor age no need" (22), but what about you? Is going after what you truly want regardless of the long term consequences actually the recipe for happiness, or, like the nymph, should we sacrifice the prospect of short-term delights for something more enduring? We at Shmoop don't pretend to have the answer, but we recommend Sir Walter Ralegh's poem as a good place to start.
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