Poetry:
love + isolation
, Poems and main themes
➔ Whoso List To Hunt - Wyatt
The speaker pursues his ‘hind’ with considerable energy and devotion. However his strong inclination to ‘hold the wind’, to ‘tame’ this
elusive woman (depicted as the ‘deer’) ultimately leaves him ‘wearied’ and ‘sore’.
Projects this theme of love and isolation, unrequited love and additionally barriers to love.
➔ Ae Fond Kiss - Burns
The ‘broken-hearted’ speaker confronts the pain that comes with losing a lover. The distress and ‘dark despair’ that surrounds the speaker
makes him and perhaps the reader question whether love is worth the emotional cost.
Projects this theme of love and isolation.
➔ Non Sum Qualis - Dowson
The speaker tries to distract himself from the pain of Cynara’s absence. However his life of debauchery and hedonism fails to rid him of his
lost love.
Projects this theme of love and isolation.
love + isolation
, Poems and main themes
➔ Whoso List To Hunt - Wyatt
The speaker pursues his ‘hind’ with considerable energy and devotion. However his strong inclination to ‘hold the wind’, to ‘tame’ this
elusive woman (depicted as the ‘deer’) ultimately leaves him ‘wearied’ and ‘sore’.
Projects this theme of love and isolation, unrequited love and additionally barriers to love.
➔ Ae Fond Kiss - Burns
The ‘broken-hearted’ speaker confronts the pain that comes with losing a lover. The distress and ‘dark despair’ that surrounds the speaker
makes him and perhaps the reader question whether love is worth the emotional cost.
Projects this theme of love and isolation.
➔ Non Sum Qualis - Dowson
The speaker tries to distract himself from the pain of Cynara’s absence. However his life of debauchery and hedonism fails to rid him of his
lost love.
Projects this theme of love and isolation.
