Who So List To Hount I Knowe Where Is An Hynde Flashcards
Who is the poet?
Sir Thomas Wyatt
“The vayne travaill hath…
…wearied me sore”
What is the form?
It is a sonnet
What is the extended metaphor?
That men’s desire for women is like hunting a deer
“I am of them that…
…farthest cometh behinde”
What does the use of caesura and enjambment say?
That he is conflicted as he flicks between certainty of giving up on her (caesura) and still having her on his mind (enjambment)
Where is the Volta and what is it about?
On the 9th line where he repeats “Who list her hount” and explains that she belongs to the king
“Sithens in a nett…
…I seke to hold the wynde”
“Graven in…
…diamondes”
‘Noli me tangere” what biblical context does this have?
It was the phrase spoken by Jesus to Mary Magdalene meaning “stop clinging to me” because his connection to humans could no longer be physical but only an emotional bond.
“My weried …
…mynde ”
What period was it written in?
The Tudor era
What is the last line?
“Wylde for to hold though I seme tame”
Who is the speaker talking to?
His male friends, probably in Henry VIII court
