Essay from the year 2015 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Literature, Works, grade: -, University College Dublin, course: Hauptseminar: Writing and Performance in the Age of Shakespeare - Renaissance Literature, language: English, abstract: This essay analyzes the functions of pastoral imagery in Milton´s poem "Lycidas", which is a pastoral elegy that was written after Edward King died. The term "pastoral imagery" refers to imagery that describes nature and especially shepherds and their way of life. Interestingly, said imagery is not only used to celebrate the deceased and his relationship with the poem´s speaker, but also to criticize the church.