Renaissance Drama — Topics · seed 42

Topic 22 — Shepherds, flocks and Pan

Dominant work: The Faithful Shepherdess · genre mix of this topic (British Drama labels): pastoral; tragicomedy 28%; comedy 22%; pastoral 15%

96chunks
47,796words
31works
8works with ≥3 chunks
28 %dominant work
44 %top-3 works

All statistics on this page are on the representative editions (one per work). Including the other editions, placed after the fit: 98 chunks · 31 works · 48,774 words — those 2 chunks are listed at the end of the page and are not part of any figure above.

Classification cross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · confirmed by the researcher
Label (researcher): Shepherds, flocks and Pan
Original AI draft — before researcher review
draft label: Shepherds, flocks and Pan · pattern basis: thematic_discourse
96 chunks, 31 works, Faithful Shepherdess 28 %, top three 44 %. The shepherd's world: flocks, swains, Pan, the shepherdess, woods; Fletcher, Mucedorus, As You Like It, Shirley, Heywood, entertainments. Cross-work, but one play holds over a quarter — note the share when a genre result rests on this topic.
chunks read for the draft: 675_00038;319_00018;868_00034;200_00000;954_00015;1063_00009;964_00006

In the analyses: author comparisons for this topic · this topic by decade.

Keywords

Class-TF-IDF (uniform rule)

shepherdpanshepherdslovesheepflocksfairshepherdessswainaway

KeyBERT-style (cosine of word to topic centroid)

shepherdsshepherdshepherdesssheepamadineloveswainpanflockbear

MMR (diversified)

shepherdsloveswainamadinegentleholybearapollowoodspan

Amber = capitalised in ≥80 % of occurrences (probable name). Keywords are computed on the unmasked text.

Most typical chunk of each of the leading works

The Faithful Shepherdess typ. 0.89
Fletcher, John, 1610 · pastoral; tragicomedy · 27 chunks of this work here
Of smooth Lyeus, whose nigh starved flocks Are always scabby, and infect all sheep They feed withal, whose lambs are ever last, And die before their weaning, and whose dog, Looks l…
Mucedorus (and Amadine) typ. 0.82
Anonymous, 1598 · romance · 8 chunks of this work here
All hail worthy shepherd. All rain lousy shepherd. Welcome my friends, from whence come you; The King and Amadine greets thee well, And after greetings done, bids thee departed the…
As You Like It typ. 0.86
Shakespeare, William, 1623 · comedy · 7 chunks of this work here
And I mine: I remember when I was in love, I broke my sword upon a stone, and bid him take that for coming a night to Iane Smile, and I remember the kissing of her batler, and the …
The School of Compliment (Love Tricks) typ. 0.84
Shirley, James, 1631 · comedy · 5 chunks of this work here
Master Blew-pottles, have you any stomachs or appetites to have any ploughs or knogs upon your costards, look you? No great stomach at this time, sir, I thank you: alas, I have 'em…
Love's Riddle typ. 0.86
Cowley, Abraham, 1638 · pastoral · 5 chunks of this work here
Oh! you're courtly Sir. But your fine words will not defend my sheep, Or stop them if they wander; Let me go. Are you so fearful of your cattle's loss? Yet so neglectful of my peri…
The Maid's Metamorphosis typ. 0.78
Anonymous, 1600 · pastoral; romance · 4 chunks of this work here
Will Silvio be so rude? Never shall we betwixt ourselves conclude Our controversy, for we over ween. Not I, but thou, for though thou jet'st in green, As fresh as Meadow in a morn …
Pan's Anniversary, or The Shepherds' Holiday typ. 0.75
Jonson, Ben, 1641 · pastoral; masque · 4 chunks of this work here
Hear O you groves, and hills resound his worth. And while his powers, and praises thus we sing The Valleys let rebound, and all the rivers ring. PAN is our All, by him we breath, w…
The Shepherds' Holiday typ. 0.84
Rutter, Joseph, 1635 · pastoral · 3 chunks of this work here
I am an old man, ay, and therefore care not To see my withered face, and hoary hair: Give it that young thing, she knows what to do with it. Daughter, come hither, use him courteou…

Genre mix (chunks of this topic, British Drama labels)

pastoral; tragicomedy
27 (28 %)
comedy
21 (22 %)
pastoral
14 (15 %)
romance
9 (9 %)
entertainment; royal entertainment or entry
6 (6 %)
pastoral; masque
6 (6 %)
tragedy
5 (5 %)
pastoral; romance
4 (4 %)

This is the direction topic → genre, on the raw British Drama labels; the share of each genre group's text that falls in this topic is on the Genre page.

Works

The Faithful Shepherdess (27), Mucedorus (and Amadine) (8), As You Like It (7), The School of Compliment (Love Tricks) (5), Love's Riddle (5), The Maid's Metamorphosis (4), Pan's Anniversary, or The Shepherds' Hol (4), The Shepherds' Holiday (3), Midas (2), The Royal Entertainment at Bisham Abbey (2), The Royal Entertainment at Sudeley Castl (2), The Woman in the Moon (2), The Royal Entertainment at Highgate (The (2), Aminta (2), Rhodon and Iris (2) …

Excerpts

The Faithful Shepherdess (1610) · typ. 0.89
Of smooth Lyeus, whose nigh starved flocks Are always scabby, and infect all sheep They feed withal, whose lambs are ever last, And die before their weaning, and whose dog, Looks like his Master, lean, and …
The Faithful Shepherdess (1610) · typ. 0.88
…g My passions are: call her unkind and cruel, Offer her all I have to gain the jewel Maidens so highly praise: then loath and fly, This do I hold a blessed destiny. Hail Shepherd Pan bless both thy flock & thee, For being mindful of thy word to me. Welcome fair Shepherdess, thy loving swain Gives thee the self same wishes back again: Who …
The Faithful Shepherdess (1610) · typ. 0.87
…t to cure, Since I beheld, you shaggy Man, my breast, Doth pant, each bush methinks should hide a Beast, Yet my desire, keeps still above my fear, I would fain meet some Shepherd knew I where, For from one cause of fear, I am most free, It is Impossible to Ravish me, I am so willing, here upon this ground, I left my love all Bloody with h…
The Faithful Shepherdess (1610) · typ. 0.87
…trong rebellion: do not wilder show Than blushing modesty may entertain. Cloe! There sounds that blessed name again, And I will meet it: let me not mistake, This is some Shepherd, sure I am awake, What may this riddle mean? I will retire, To give myself more knowledge Oh my fire, How thou consumest me? Cloe answer me, Alexis, strong Alexi…
Love's Riddle (1638) · typ. 0.86
…e and homely wench You (if your clothes and carriage be not liars,) By state and birth a Gentleman. I hope I may without suspicion of a boaster Say that I am so, else my love were impudence For do you think wise Nature did intend You for a Shepherdess, when she bestowed Such pains in your creation? would she fetch The perfumes of Arabia f…
The Faithful Shepherdess (1610) · typ. 0.86
…nd fire! I dare not stay. My name shall be your word. Fly fly thou day, My grief is great if both these boys should fail, He that will use all winds must shift his sail. shepherds all, and maidens fair, Fold your flocks up, for the Air gins to thicken, and the Sun Already his great course hath run, See the dew drops how they kiss Every li…
As You Like It (1623) · typ. 0.86
…ng her them again, said with weeping tears, wear these for my sake: we that are true Lovers, run into strange capers; but as all is mortal in nature, so is all nature in love, mortal in folly. Thou speakest wiser than thou art ware of. Nay, I shall ne'er be ware of mine own wit, till I break my shins against it. Ioue, Ioue, this Shepherd'…
The Faithful Shepherdess (1610) · typ. 0.86
…e Shepherd if the heart, In this well sounding Music bear his part; Where have you left the rest, I have not seen, Since yesternight, we met upon this green, To fold our flocks up, any of that train Yet have I walked these woods round and have lain All this long night under an aged tree. Yet neither wandering Shepherd did I see, Or Shephe…
Love Crowns the End (1640) · typ. 0.85
…at you might share in one As a just recompense for your love, but why do I Entertain such frivolous unnecessary talk. May you live happy, and enjoy as rare, And constant Shepherd as yourself is fair. Is my face withered? or has Nature so Deformed me lately that I an not Cloe? For thee poor Cloe Shepherds have pitched the Bar, Wrestled, an…
The Faithful Shepherdess (1610) · typ. 0.85
…h and fair, Be ye fresh and free as air. Never more let lustful heat, Through your purged conduits beat, Or a plighted troth be broken, Or a wanton verse be spoken: In a Shepherdess's ear, Go your ways you're all clear. Sing his praises that doth keep, our Flocks from harm, Pan the Father of our sheep, And arm in arm Tread we softly in a …
The Shepherds' Holiday (1635) · typ. 0.84
…e you take his gift.) Daphnis, I'll leave you both together here; My sheep are shearing, I can stay no longer. Farewell old man; health to my dearest Mistress And to you shepherd. Daphnis am not I Worthy to have a share in your salute? How can I give thee part of that, whereof I have no share myself? If you would love There, where you are…
The Faithful Shepherdess (1610) · typ. 0.84
… up and find. Who lay longest, that she may, Go without a friend all day. Then reward your dogs and pray, Pan to keep you from decay, So unfold, and then away What not a Shepherd stirring sure the grooms, Have found their beds to easy, or the Rooms. filled with such new delight, and heat that they, Have both forgot their hungry sheep, and…

All 96 chunks of the representative editions (chronological; click a header to sort)

chunkplayauthorpublishedgenrewordstypicality
65_00018Oedipus (Seneca's Fifth Tragedy)Seneca, Lucius Annaeus / Neville, 1581tragedy4840.809
156_000031 Tamburlaine the GreatMarlowe, Christopher1590tragedy5270.803
200_00000The Royal Entertainment at Bisham AbbeyAnonymous1592entertainment; royal e5050.762
201_00000The Royal Entertainment at Sudeley CastleAnonymous1592entertainment; royal e5950.750
201_00001The Royal Entertainment at Sudeley CastleAnonymous1592entertainment; royal e5980.702
181_00017MidasLyly, John1592comedy5260.688
200_00001The Royal Entertainment at Bisham AbbeyAnonymous1592entertainment; royal e3770.681
181_00016MidasLyly, John1592comedy4860.659
236_00008Orlando FuriosoGreene, Robert1594romance5080.727
298_00012The Woman in the MoonLyly, John1597comedy4870.827
298_00022The Woman in the MoonLyly, John1597comedy5080.767
319_00009Mucedorus (and Amadine)Anonymous1598romance5100.825
319_00007Mucedorus (and Amadine)Anonymous1598romance4870.815
319_00018Mucedorus (and Amadine)Anonymous1598romance5060.796
319_00014Mucedorus (and Amadine)Anonymous1598romance4980.793
319_00010Mucedorus (and Amadine)Anonymous1598romance5100.780
319_00019Mucedorus (and Amadine)Anonymous1598romance4990.774
319_00006Mucedorus (and Amadine)Anonymous1598romance4850.756
319_00008Mucedorus (and Amadine)Anonymous1598romance5150.755
370_00021The Maid's MetamorphosisAnonymous1600pastoral; romance4970.775
370_00017The Maid's MetamorphosisAnonymous1600pastoral; romance4840.773
370_00016The Maid's MetamorphosisAnonymous1600pastoral; romance4910.766
370_00005The Maid's MetamorphosisAnonymous1600pastoral; romance4950.637
415_00029Two Lamentable TragediesYarington, Robert1601tragedy4810.783
491_00037CroesusAlexander, William1604tragedy4720.615
555_00026The Isle of GullsDay, John1606comedy4960.672
630_00009Humor Out of BreathDay, John1608comedy4890.830
675_00005The Faithful ShepherdessFletcher, John1610pastoral; tragicomedy5180.886
675_00012The Faithful ShepherdessFletcher, John1610pastoral; tragicomedy5250.881
675_00018The Faithful ShepherdessFletcher, John1610pastoral; tragicomedy5020.870
675_00014The Faithful ShepherdessFletcher, John1610pastoral; tragicomedy5120.870
675_00008The Faithful ShepherdessFletcher, John1610pastoral; tragicomedy4900.856
675_00034The Faithful ShepherdessFletcher, John1610pastoral; tragicomedy4950.855
675_00002The Faithful ShepherdessFletcher, John1610pastoral; tragicomedy4800.850
675_00031The Faithful ShepherdessFletcher, John1610pastoral; tragicomedy5290.843
675_00006The Faithful ShepherdessFletcher, John1610pastoral; tragicomedy5000.842
675_00038The Faithful ShepherdessFletcher, John1610pastoral; tragicomedy5490.838
675_00003The Faithful ShepherdessFletcher, John1610pastoral; tragicomedy4780.837
675_00007The Faithful ShepherdessFletcher, John1610pastoral; tragicomedy4830.829
675_00027The Faithful ShepherdessFletcher, John1610pastoral; tragicomedy4720.828
675_00030The Faithful ShepherdessFletcher, John1610pastoral; tragicomedy5010.827
675_00017The Faithful ShepherdessFletcher, John1610pastoral; tragicomedy4940.826
675_00004The Faithful ShepherdessFletcher, John1610pastoral; tragicomedy5180.819
675_00010The Faithful ShepherdessFletcher, John1610pastoral; tragicomedy4650.804
675_00033The Faithful ShepherdessFletcher, John1610pastoral; tragicomedy5140.796
675_00000The Faithful ShepherdessFletcher, John1610pastoral; tragicomedy4920.775
675_00032The Faithful ShepherdessFletcher, John1610pastoral; tragicomedy4770.774
675_00001The Faithful ShepherdessFletcher, John1610pastoral; tragicomedy4930.766
675_00009The Faithful ShepherdessFletcher, John1610pastoral; tragicomedy4920.745
675_00039The Faithful ShepherdessFletcher, John1610pastoral; tragicomedy4920.743
675_00023The Faithful ShepherdessFletcher, John1610pastoral; tragicomedy5080.736
675_00011The Faithful ShepherdessFletcher, John1610pastoral; tragicomedy5050.734
675_00036The Faithful ShepherdessFletcher, John1610pastoral; tragicomedy5320.699
675_00037The Faithful ShepherdessFletcher, John1610pastoral; tragicomedy5240.690
767_00004The Royal Entertainment at Highgate (The Penates)Jonson, Ben1616entertainment; royal e4890.778
767_00003The Royal Entertainment at Highgate (The Penates)Jonson, Ben1616entertainment; royal e4940.677
868_00013As You Like ItShakespeare, William1623comedy5060.856
862_00001The Two Gentlemen of VeronaShakespeare, William1623comedy4780.841
868_00034As You Like ItShakespeare, William1623comedy5000.774
868_00027As You Like ItShakespeare, William1623comedy4690.748
868_00029As You Like ItShakespeare, William1623comedy4780.740
868_00012As You Like ItShakespeare, William1623comedy5010.737
868_00039As You Like ItShakespeare, William1623comedy4820.737
868_00040As You Like ItShakespeare, William1623comedy5010.721
910_00001AmintaTasso, Torquato / Reynolds, Henry1628pastoral4880.823
910_00015AmintaTasso, Torquato / Reynolds, Henry1628pastoral4750.799
954_00041The School of Compliment (Love Tricks)Shirley, James1631comedy5040.842
954_00039The School of Compliment (Love Tricks)Shirley, James1631comedy4910.828
954_00029The School of Compliment (Love Tricks)Shirley, James1631comedy4940.813
964_00006Rhodon and IrisKnevet, Ralph1631pastoral4760.801
964_00021Rhodon and IrisKnevet, Ralph1631pastoral5010.782
954_00015The School of Compliment (Love Tricks)Shirley, James1631comedy4740.760
954_00035The School of Compliment (Love Tricks)Shirley, James1631comedy4910.736
983_00009The Rival FriendsHausted, Peter1632comedy4840.793
1028_00013The Shepherds' HolidayRutter, Joseph1635pastoral5060.845
1028_00016The Shepherds' HolidayRutter, Joseph1635pastoral4900.829
1028_00006The Shepherds' HolidayRutter, Joseph1635pastoral4980.798
1057_00007Comus (The Masque at Ludlow Castle)Milton, John1637pastoral; masque5200.787
1057_00004Comus (The Masque at Ludlow Castle)Milton, John1637pastoral; masque5020.769
1063_00008Jupiter and IoHeywood, Thomas1637classical legend or my4610.739
1063_00009Jupiter and IoHeywood, Thomas1637classical legend or my4770.653
1076_00015Love's RiddleCowley, Abraham1638pastoral4950.859
1076_00036Love's RiddleCowley, Abraham1638pastoral5040.833
1076_00005Love's RiddleCowley, Abraham1638pastoral4990.821
1076_00003Love's RiddleCowley, Abraham1638pastoral5280.816
1076_00018Love's RiddleCowley, Abraham1638pastoral5020.812
1091_00021Amyntas, or The Impossible DowryRandolph, Thomas1638pastoral4900.754
1105_00021The Unnatural CombatMassinger, Philip1639tragedy5090.771
1154_00003Love Crowns the EndTatham, John1640pastoral5340.853
1133_00021The Knave in Grain, New VampedD., J.1640comedy4830.819
1167_00003Pan's Anniversary, or The Shepherds' HolidayJonson, Ben1641pastoral; masque5850.746
1174_00000The Sad Shepherd, or A Tale of Robin HoodJonson, Ben1641not in BritDrama4860.729
1174_00003The Sad Shepherd, or A Tale of Robin HoodJonson, Ben1641not in BritDrama4560.693
1167_00000Pan's Anniversary, or The Shepherds' HolidayJonson, Ben1641pastoral; masque4100.665
1167_00002Pan's Anniversary, or The Shepherds' HolidayJonson, Ben1641pastoral; masque5580.652
1167_00001Pan's Anniversary, or The Shepherds' HolidayJonson, Ben1641pastoral; masque4710.620

Chunks from other editions (2; placed after the fit, not in the statistics)

chunkplayauthorpublishedgenrewordstypicality
556_00027The Isle of GullsDay, John1633comedy4990.700
493_00037CroesusAlexander, William1637tragedy4790.689
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