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William Carlos Williams Raleigh Was Right
In the poem “Raleigh Was Right,” author William Carlos Williams makes his viewpoint quite clear. Williams expresses his thoughts to explain the impossibility of the perfect life lived out in the country. The tone of voice in his poem would be logical and realistic. He does this by not allowing the reader to believe that there will be a perfect safe haven in the countryside. This poem negates the message from “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love.” He shows the reader that finding peace surrounded by the comfort of nature will never exist in the countryside. The general idea of “Raleigh is Right” mirrors that of “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd” written by Sir Walter Raleigh. Raleigh writes, “If all the world and love were too young,/and truth
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