Who so list to hount - Sir Thomas Wyatt Flashcards
(8 cards)
Types of Love
unattainable love, forbidden desire, thrill of the chase.
Literal meaning
hunting a female deer
Allegorical meaning
hunt becomes courtship many suitors, wild, knows of desirability, she’s not a victim but knowing
Context
Renaissance blood sport - hunting
male pass time
Supposably about Anne Boleyn who lived most of her life in French court. King Henry VIII and AB only married 2 years.
‘And wylde for to hold though I seme tame.’
like a wild animal. paradox, seems tame but wild animal, hynde is owned, rare and wild yet owned.
‘spend his tyme in vain.’
interference of another man, ambiguity, ironic - not told who. alleviate king’s fear.
‘Noli me tangere for Cesars I ame’
possession. do not touch me I am Cesar - means king.
Form
ABAB/CDCD/EFEF/GG. 4 quatrains and rhyming couplet. - Shakespearian sonnet.