Marlowe’s Hero and Leander are marked with all the rare gifts of the poet-dramatist. The chief features of this remarkable poem are:

1. Perfect felicity of diction and versification.

2. Wealth of imagery and richness of decoration.

3. Coarseness of voluptuousness of it details.

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4. Epigrammatic lines as, “whoever loved that loved not at first sight”, and, “It lies not in our power to love and hate”

5. Narrative vigor and effective use of words and images.

6. There is also occasional satire at women.