Song - Lady Mary Wroth

Question 1

THEMES (3)

Answer 1

love & relationships; deceit and manipulation in relationships; men’s deceitful nature.

Question 2

LANGUAGE (2)

Answer 2

1. personification: her lover is personified as a child

2. use of absolutes (never, endless, ever): love exists in extremes

Question 3

ATTITUDES

Answer 3

love is deceitful and manipulative, not to be trusted; men in ‘love’ are like children

Question 4

VOICE

Answer 4

detached, clinical; use of present tense gives it a tone of wisdom

Question 5

FORM

Answer 5

5 end-stopped quatrains, abab rhyme scheme

Question 6

Love a child is ever crying

Answer 6

Please him, and he straight is flying

Question 7

His desires have no measure

Answer 7

Endless folly is his treasure

Question 8

He vows nothing but false matter

Answer 8

And to cozen you he’ll flatter

Question 9

Feathers are as firm in staying

Answer 9

Wolves no fiercer in their preying.

Question 10

As a child then leave him crying,

Answer 10

Nor seek him so given to flying.

Question 11

CONTEXT

Answer 11

from a sonnet sequence called ‘Pamphilia to Amphilantus’, explaining why Amphilanthus needs to be careful about love.

Question 12

SPEAKER

Answer 12

Pamphilia

Question 13

STRUCTURE

Answer 13

cyclical; implies that love is an endless loop of selfish tragedy