Want a fun way to get your students writing poetry? Try out this epic rap battle of poetry assignment! This assignment is best paired with the two poems, Marlowe's "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" and Raleigh's "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd." The first poem is a love proposition while the second (Raleigh's) is the speaker's reply to said proposition. It is an eloquent rejection, one that would be put to a rap battle in modern times. Your students may hate older English lit, but they wi