1) Romance traditions- Deals with emotions and feelings. It talks about heartbreak or Comments on Context: -
happiness. It portrays love idealistically and as a transcendent part of existence. Tudor reaccessions Comm
Virtuous (Courtesy, gentility, honour, and fidelity) presented in allegories/conceits. Subtext of poem: - “Our ma
2) Chaucerian- More realistic, portraying love in every day. More earthy, course, - Thomas Wyatt was a courtier of Henry viii at the “Beauty
sexual manner time of Henry’s annulment from Katherine of “She ma
3) Lyrical poetry- short, intense burst of emotions Argon “Our litt
4) Conceit- One particular idea - Diplomatic career “She wa
- Italian and French style of poetry- First poet to “The rea
combine styles world lik
- Accused of having an affair with the Queen “Backwa
- Had an alleged relationship with Anne Boyln “The lie
Comments on Language: - - His poem “Who so list to hount I knewe where is
Repetition of the verb – “weried” – paradox that enjoys the hunt but also rejects the
an hynde” could be a way for Thomas Wyatt
hunt
confessing his affair with the Anne Boyln, it could
Alliterative, Caesura – “Faynting I Followe.” Line breaks, breaking the rhythm could
be speaking about his desire to have a woman
suggest development in relations. Compelled to follow, Male desires
Alliteration followed by Volta –“Sithens in a nett I seke to hold the wynde.” Ends in “owned” by another man.
fatality
Semantic field of failure, expenditure of energy (relentlessness), futility- “Vain”,
“graven”, “dowbte” “weried”,
Semantic field of ownership/property- “And graven with Diamondes in letters Comments
plain//There is written her faier neck” – jugular vein, vulnerability, taming, named A revoluti
property of another man, power struggle- Woman is clearly aware of her allure wearing k
women to
- “Do not touch” powerful male marked her as property “Who so List to Hount I knewe conservati
Semantic field of sexual dominance and masculine dominance- “Noli me tangere for
Cesars I ame//And wylde for to hold though I seme tame” Where is an Hynde”- Sir attemptin
femininity
- Use of Latin- clearly educated, maybe alluding to another period of time Thomas Wyatt And “Rebecca” Women w
- Enigmatic ending – Henry VIII belonging to someone else
- Sexual- “those who dare” By Daphne Du Maurier pressure f
- Poetic inversions for the up
Post Worl
Queen Vi
and progr
Comments on Punctuation: -
Alliterative, Caesura – “Faynting I Followe.” Line breaks, breaking the rhythm could
suggest development in relations. Compelled to follow, Male desires Commen
Alliteration followed by Volta –“Sithens in a nett I seke to hold the wynde.” Ends in -Desire, aw
Comments on Context: -
fatality Rebecca’s c
Post World War 1 (Interwar period) –Social class