English 10

Nymph’s reply

Mabazza, Gyzzabela Louiese B.

St. Augustine of Hippo
November 21, 2020

PROBE WORD MEANINGS

Matching Word Meanings
Listed below are lines from the poem "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd." Identify the
definitions of the italicized
words in column A by matching them with the corresponding definitions in column B.
A
D 1. The nymph’s reply
G 2. Drives the flock
A 3. From fields to fold
H 4. Philomel becometh dumb
I 5. Complain of cares to come
C 6. Wanton fields
7. Wayward winter
J 8. A heart of gall
F 9. And thy posies
K 10. In folly ripe

Literature Activity 1
Answer the following questions based on the poem "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd."
1. What do you think of the nymph's reply to the shepherd? Explain your answer briefly.
-The Nymph’s reply To The Shepherd” is a poem that made to reply at the other poem which is
“The Passionate Shepherd To His Love” and made it a bit humorous because the passionate
shepherd is all fantasies.
2. Was the shepherd's proposal of love accepted? Give some details from the text to prove your
answer.
-No because on the poem “The Nymph’s Reply To The Shepherd” is all about making fun of the
other poem and rejecting his offer because it was all just a fantasy.
3. Was the shepherd directly rejected? Explain your answer and cite evidence from the text to
support it.
-No, because at the first stanza of Nymph’s Reply is already telling that if everyone in the
world were young and in love then maybe they could live together.
4. Read aloud the first and the last stanzas of the poem. Are there any words that might give the
shepherd some hope? What are these words? How does the use of these words help shepherd
comprehend the nymph's acceptance or rejection of his offer of love?
-No because the poem already telling him that she can’t accept his offer

5. What should the shepherd do in light of this realization?

Literature Activity 2
The chart below contains details from the poem "The Passionate Shepherd to His Loves
Complete the chart by writing down the corresponding response of the nymph to the shepherd
offer of love.
1. She says that if they did exist then she might be moved to “live with thee, and be thy
love“. 
2. She says that rather than the world being “young“ and beautiful it is filled with the
ravages of time. The flocks are driven from “field to fold“ and the “rivers rage“ while the
“rocks grow cold“.
3. The flowers die, they wanton fields lose their crops and winter comes upon everything
that was once prosperous.
4. everything the shepherd has gathered including “downs, “shoes, “and “beds of roses“ are
all going to break in winter. The simple pleasures won’t last through the seasons.
5. she tells the shepherd that his possessions are not going to convince her to love him. They
mean nothing to her and cannot move her.
 6. that if youth could last and love was able to persevere throughout all the seasons. Plus, if
joy did not have an expiration date then these “delights my mind might move“. But, this
is not the case. She will not be moved to be the shepherd’s love.

Performing a Parody
Review how the poem "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd" and "Electoral Rhapsody" parodied
their literary
counterparts. Then think of a popular song and see if you can change some of its lyrics to
describe an issue or a situation
in your community or the society at large. Record it and create a simple music video.

Party in the Philippines

I hopped off the plane at NAIA

With a dream and my aunt
Welcome to the land of Philippines (woah)
Am I gonna fit in?
Jumped in the cab, here I am for the first time
Look to my right, and I see the dolomite sand
This is all so crazy
Everybody seems so stupid

My tummy's turnin' and I'm feelin' kinda home sick

Too much pressure and I'm nervous
That's when the taxi man turned on the radio
And a flow-g song was on
And a flow-g song was on
And a flow-g song was on
So I put my mask up
They're playing my song, the butterflies fly away
I'm noddin' my head like, yeah
Movin' my hips like, yeah
I got my mask up, they're playing my song
They know I'm gonna be okay
Yeah, it's a party in the Philippines
Yeah, it's a party in the Philippines

Get to the club in my taxi cab

Everybody's looking at me now
Like, "Who's that chick, ang jejemon?
She gotta be from out of town"
So hard with my girls not around me
It's definitely not a birthday party
'Cause all I see are stilettos
I guess I never got the memo

My tummy's turnin' and I'm feelin' kinda home sick

Too much pressure and I'm nervous
That's when the DJ dropped my favorite tune
And a skusta song was on
And a skusta song was on
And a skusta song was on

(Repeat chorus)