Who So List To Hount I Knowe Where Is An Hynde Flashcards
1
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how is love presented?
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- unattainable
- barriered-> she is already owned by someone else
- short term thrill of courtly love, typical life at court
2
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what is the structure?
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- petrarchan sonnet
- conceit (long lasting metaphor)
- octave, volta, sestet
3
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typicality in the sonnet?
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- untypical use of context of his feeling and the connotations of the hound and collar- atypical for petrarchan sonnet
- female/hynde as dangerous, being owned makes him powerless
4
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use of petarchan features?
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- octave-> makes realise unattainable, sf of exhaust/pain ‘weried’ ‘sore’
- volta-> realises impossibility
- sestet-> diamondes represents ownership
5
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‘weried’ ‘weried’ ‘sore’ ‘helas’
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semantic field of pain/exhaust, makes him seem weaker by process
pursuit of love as painful + obssession
helas- trying to break out amount of suffering/frustration
link to gatbsy-> gatsby’s pursuit which leads to his death, ‘deathly pale’ ‘hands plunged’. gatsbys obssession w daisy
6
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‘graven with diamondes’
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- no tropaz= less pure and more wild.
- diamonds= rare, faithful
- same significance of wedding ring
gatsby-> link to Gatsby- daisy’s pearl necklace
7
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‘noli me tangere for cesars’
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- henry 8th
- ‘dont touch me’
- makes seem dangerous, owned by cesar makes her entirely powerful and him powerless
- reason cannot be captured is due to her skill, reveals real reason is bc shes already marked off
- women not truly free, agency due to men
- gatsby-> similar to daisy, agency due to tom and his wealth, unattainable
8
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Biblical imagery
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‘noli me tangere for Cesars’
allusion to Jesus ‘touch me not’ to mary maoalene after resurected, women as purer than men pursuing them
9
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‘sithens in a nett i seke to hold the wynde’
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- metaphor compares pursuit of hind to seeking to hold the wind in a net
- streghtens idea of impossibility- trying to grasp/catch
gatsby unable to admit impossibility
