poetry; who so list to hunt - thomas wyatt Flashcards
” who so list to huount, i know where is an hynde”
‘who’ - poses challange to reader and those who wish to hunt
creates expectation for reader. use of apostrophe = public statement.
‘hount’ ‘hynde’ consonance
metrically ambigious
‘hount’- archaic spelling+ extended metaphor of courting women- prey = patriarchy tudor england
- reverse of powder dynamics
feminine ending ( extra syllable )
“but as for me, helas i may no more”
‘helas’- interjection, same spelling as french word. Anne Boleyn= english raised in france and attended french royal court
subtly shows poem aimed at her
this quote is where semantic field of despair and self pity begins.
helas- hopeless , hes tired;sighing deeply
‘may’ = hesitation
“the vayne travail hath weried me so sore”
‘vayne travaill’ - assonance+ long vowel, bitterness
‘so sore’ and ‘ no more from the previous line is assonance to show defeat and exasperation.
‘vayne’ - their love is hopeless
by emphasising the scale of mental anguish it deters suitors which juxtaposis offer he proposes in the title . if i cant have her no one can type shi
“i am of them that farthest cometh behinde”
themes of unrequited, forbidden love. affected him mentally and spirtiually, hes right at the back of the pack- emphasis his failure of courting her
” yet may i by no meanes my weried mynde”
enjambment
he cannot detach himself from anne boyeln - love like a spell, ironic link to the fact that she was charged with witch craft
in some versions its ‘ worried mind- shows both possibilities . he is either tired and hopeless from the fruitless hunt or worried that his love for Anne will be discovered
“Drawe from the Deere,but as she fleeth afore fainting i follow”
frictive, alliteration denotes exhaustion from the futile flee
‘D’ long vowel- almost like hes under a spell , echanched by divine
‘drawe’= withdraw, hes tired yet unable to remove himself from the pursuit
gives the deer quality that is echanting, even supernatural .
This links the tale of Acteon and Artemis (Diana) who is the goddess of hunting, Moon and chastity (virgin goddess). It starts when Acteon brings his hunting dogs unwittingly to woods and close to Artemis’s Cave and sees her bathing. When Artemis realises she turns him into a deer and when he runs out his skilled hunting dogs tear up apart killing him
what portrait of love does the speaker offer?
as he recognise the frivolousness of this chase he seems to derive real pleasure from tis act.
speaker offers an ambivolent and twisted view on love; for him love = obsession, fixation sustained by unhealthy animalistic devotion
hes almost bragging about the extent of his devotion
“fainting i follow”
too quick for him, rejected his advances
rhythm distruped; from iambic pentameter ( 5 iambs) to trochaic ( 1 stressed /longsyllable followed by one unstressed /short syllable )
emphasis on first syllable
“i leve of therefore, sithens in a net i seke to hold the wind “
hyperbole, comparing pursuit to an impossibility, = sense of dependency, vulnerability and defeat
‘ leve off’ spondee ( 2 stressed syllables together )breaks meter . definitive decision of retracting from hunt
personification
‘sithens’ archaic lexis ( word no longer exists )
recognises his efforts in vain
“who lists her hount, i put him owte of dowte”
warning other hunters, echo of opening line, deer isnt as tame as she should be
VOLTA- isnt traditional as it doesnt introduce a solution
the ‘to’ to ‘her’ suggests a persoanl undertone
“and graven with Diamondes”
diamones= used in etching, very precious
property of another man , engraven
the indication that it is the property of another will continue to persist as long as diamonds retain their timeless qualities
ts poem loose translation of Petrarch from italian; in that poem the doe had a Topaz around her neck; symbol of chastity ,
suggesting Wyatts deer aint innocent
” as well as i may spend his time in vayne “
power of love . huntign was pleasurable sport in tudor england; symbol of status, power and aristocrasy . perhaps hunting was a desperate means of proving his worth and masculinity
links w tudor idea that love was a battleground, men = suffered bares . an idea that was reiterated by petrarch
“her faier neck rounde abowte “
neck =collar suggests ownership .
Incidentally, the image is a literal one: deer in the King’s forest were often banded to indicate that they were forbidden to anyone but the King.
fair neck foreshadows Annes beheading
“Noli me tangere for Cesars i ame And wylde for to hold through i seme tame “
wild and tame juxtaoisition; reinforcing power dynamics theme of appearence vs reality - which links to structure of poem ( octave and sestet, octave = personal perspective, his desires whereas sestet is a warning )
noli me tangere = John Gospel 20;17-18
Cesar refers to Henry as cesar was a roman statement with immense power which suggests that the man that obtains the deer is as powerful as him
rhyming couplet
what rhyme scheme used
ABBA ABBA CDDC EE
standard 4 petrarchan sonnets
what is A03 on history of sonnets
poems petrarchan form= significant as its the first of its time
sonnet thanks to Franceso Petrarch became one of the most widely used forms of poetry in europe 14th & 16th century.
The sonnet began as a form of popular song, sung in medieval Italian taverns and festivals.
what meter is used
Iambic pentameter became due to Wyatt’s influence—the standard meter for sonnets in English. Wyatt prolly chose ts meter due the popular 14th century poet Geoffery Chaucer used it in his work. (Chaucer had adapted the meter for English from French models).
who is the speaker
female is silenced ;
speaker= annonymous hunter
difference between Petrarchs original sonnet 190 and ts poem
Wyatt adapts many of the details of Petrarch’s poem: the beautiful deer, the necklace and its warning, the speaker. But he eliminates dreamy imagery and focuses on the emotional and physical strain the speaker experiences as he pursues his beloved. The result is a much more physical, immediate poem.
To modern eyes, it may seem that Wyatt has plagiarized much of his poem from Petrarch. However, in Renaissance poetry, it was common4 poets to imitate other peoples’ poems, particularly poems written by famous authors in the past. In doing so, Wyatt takes on some of Petrarch’s prestige for himself and for English poetry, at a time when poetry written in the English language was not highly regarded. It is as though he’s saying, “See! We can do this in English, too!”
whats a significant point on how WYatt actually translated and rewrote Petrarchs sonnet
To modern eyes, it may seem that Wyatt has plagiarized much of his poem from Petrarch. However, in Renaissance poetry, it was common4 poets to imitate other peoples’ poems, particularly poems written by famous authors in the past. In doing so, Wyatt takes on some of Petrarch’s prestige for himself and for English poetry, at a time when poetry written in the English language was not highly regarded.”
briefly outline the historical context of this poem
16th century England-political turmoil.
1532, King Henry VIII broke away from the Catholic Church, making England a nominally Protestant country. as he wanted to divorce his wife, Catherine; pope refused to grant ts
Once England had split from the Catholic Church, Henry divorced cath and married Anne Boleyn, an English noblewoman, in 1533.
He came from a prominent political family, served as an ambassador to Rome (where he may have encountered Petrarch’s sonnets)
what was a prominent theme of love poetry in ts era
unrequited love , courtly love
according to Pilkington development of courtly love ‘may perhaps been the greatest change in Western culture between the fall of rome and the rise of the Rennaisance’
He came from a prominent political family, served as an ambassador to Rome (where he may have encountered Petrarch’s sonnets)
in courtly love ‘ the women is the dominant figure , the man a pupil who must be instructed uuntil he becomes a fit partner for his lady’ (Eleanor of Aquitaine Hawthorne books)
+ said ts poem is an allusion between his and annes affair
who acc was Wyatt
courtier and diplomat in court of henry 8, giving him a powerful position in ts era which had renewed appreciation for artistic and cultural change
dad= privy councillar 4 henry+ trusted advisor
ts poem published after his death
wyattt was concerned with linguistic experimentation , wanted to civilize the english lang
why did the poets use conceit and that in their poetry
christian church was collapsing , political correction tabboo and unheard of
done that to protect their status and image , seen in ts poem. conceit and extended metaphor of a hynde
what type of words did he use
monosyllabic - factual and consistent tone
state 2 critical response
FEMININISM;
modern feminist view= fixate on violence of hunt which infantalises and dehumnanises her
women refuses to be captured; upsets social expectations
womens agency never truly her own?
+ BERDANS EARLY TUDOR POETRY; “Clearly the lover, who to celebrate the charms of his ideal, turns to translation for inspiration, is not much in love. His passion is of the head, not the heart. And these poems are translations . . . . Such translation is a game of solitaire, played primarily for amusement, a contest between the writer and the language…”
