Whoso List To Hunt-Wyatt

Question 1

What are the key structural methods in Whoso List to Hount?

Answer 1

• English Sonnet Form (ABBA ABBA CDDCEE)
  -suited for unrequited love
  -sonnets have clear structural boundaries which could reflect feelings of restriction
• Volta- “Who list her hount”
  -uncharacteristically gives deer power
• Conformity of iambic pentameter apart from first stressed syllable
  -direct address shows the overwhelming nature of desire
  -conformity reflects feelings of defeat

Question 2

What are the key language methods in Whoso List to Hount?

Answer 2

• Conceit of the hunt
• Classical World allusion
• Anthropomorphism (likening an animal to a person)
• Fricatives

Question 3

What quotes support the method: the conceit of the hunt?

Answer 3

“whoso list to hount I know where is an hynde”
“sithens in a net I seke to hold the wynde”
“The vayne travail hath weried me so sore”

Question 4

What quotes support the method: classical world allusion?

Answer 4

“Noli me tangere for Cesars I ame/ And wylde for to hold though I seme tame”

Question 5

What quotes support the method: anthropomorphism?

Answer 5

“And graven with Diamondes in letters plain”
“hynde”

Question 6

What quotes support the method: fricatives (alliteration of f)?

Answer 6

“as she fleeth afore/ Faynting I followe”

Question 7

What are the key contextual notes on Whoso List to Hount?

Answer 7

• Wyatt was ambassador for Henry VIII
• Imprisoned for allegedly having an affair with Anne Boleyn
• Objectification of women as propoerty reflected in the attitudes of King Henry VIII
• Hunting was a typical Tudor aristocratic past-time
• Renaissance period-a time of ‘rebirth’ which Wyatt was the forefront of in Britain imitating the style of Petrarch
• Chivalric tradition- courtly love

Question 8

What literary time period is WSLTH a part of?

Answer 8

Renaissance

Question 9

What key themes are in WSLTH?

Answer 9

• Barriers to love
• Unrequited love
• Courtship
• Desire