Ann Yearsley's romantic poem The Shepherdess indifferent to Colin, involves many connections to relationships, as does Christopher Marlowe's play Doctor Faustus, however both do this in different ways. Yearsley's poem is about romance and love. The suitor called Colin proposed to her and she refused because she knows that acceptance will relegate her to a more subordinate status. She also wants Colin to be embarrassed because seduction would rob her of her independence. The first relationship to note is between Faustus and his student Wagner who represents someone who does not understand his master or what is happening to him. Wagner therefore tries to emulate Faustus in many things and tries to take him upon himself, to activate all the power that his master displays. This can also be seen in Yearsley's poem, where it is believed that Colin, who is the suitor, has proposed to the character, which means for the young woman to give up her freedom. “I will keep my freedom,” which shows that she doesn't want to lose her freedom and be controlled by anyone. This could be due to a past relationship that went bad, and therefore she has trust issues or she may have fallen in love with someone easily and quickly. This is similar to what happened with Faustus and magic, and which now comes back to haunt him because he dies younger. Another comparison between these two steps is that they don't want to be controlled and they want to dominate. However both have ways of being dominated. For example, Yearsley's character would be tied up in marriage where Wagner would be a student of Faustus and would have to stay by his side, which is clearly not what he wants. The proposal, we assume, takes place in poetry and in the reluctance that we believe he is married, he also v...... middle of paper ......plays the lyre to him, hides his feelings. This is because she becomes very frustrated: "What arts must I show, to woo a soul like yours?" This also shows Colin's cowardly attitude towards the girl, and how he used her in a way that Faustus uses with Mephistopheles. The word used in Yearsley's poem is a very romantic and dominant choice, however at the end of each verse, the words tend to clash, for example, "mistake" and "love". You wouldn't normally associate these two words with being together, and I think this adds to the overall tone of the poem and also sums up what the poem is about. However, when you look at Faustus, you start to see a different kind of word choice with the words used here being much darker like “hell” and “sin”. This causes the overall tone of the book to have an envious tone and is in contrast to the poem, which is more about love and romance..