PRE-1900 LOVE THROUGH THE AGES POETRY
DETAILED A02,A03 AND A01 QUESTIONS WITH
ALL CORRECT & VERIFIED ANSWERS
Who so list to hunt summary/ key themes Correct answer-courtship likened to a hunt with woman
as prey and man as hunter receiving the spoils. Women had no power but neither did men when
confronted with the Kings desire- class hire-achy
-obsession
-ownership (with wealth and class- diamond necklace)
-pursuit (which is futile)
-unrequited love
-barriers to love
-desire
-gender relations
Who so list to hunt allusions to other texts Correct answer-- loose imitation of Petrach's Rume 190
- 'noli me tangere' said by Jesus to Mary Magdalene when she tried to embrace him after the
ressurection
Who so list to hunt contexts Correct answer-- Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII, Wyatt himself (hidden
identity so not open to treason, concealment)
-Divine right of Kings, God's representative on earth, all kings subjects were his property
-credited with bringing sonnet into English
-women had little identity, property of men
-women expected to be chase to not undermine man's reputation (double sexual standards)- Anne
executed for adultery whereas Wyatt imprisoned then let off
Who so list to hunt- AO5 Correct answer--hunting metaphor within relationships still prevalent in
colloquial modern conversations
-misogynistic metaphor not appreciated by feminist ideals of today
-trivialises women in reducing them to prey
-lack of female voice unsurprising as created for male readers
Who so list to hunt- AO2 Correct answer--hunting metaphor
-assonance
-wind in net metaphor for futility
-frequent caesura with breathless effects
-enjambment
-aliteration
-petrachan sonnet
Sonnet 116- summary and key themes Correct answer-tribute to the simple perfection of true love
which cannot be shaken by impediments
- true love vs. lust
-love and time
- (lack of) barriers to love
-idealism
Sonnet 116- context Correct answer-- capitalism of love and time link to Renaissance morality plays
where abstract ideals were personified to teach moral lessons
, - religion
-cannot divorce
-average life expectancy was 40 years explaining death imagery and preoccupation with time
Sonnet 116- AO2 Correct answer--Shakespearean sonnet (thesis, antithesis, synthesis)
- nautical imagery
-marriage service allusion
Modern A05 about marriage and true love Correct answer-42% marriages end in divorce, less
commitment
The Flea summary and key themes Correct answer-an argument proposed to persuade a female
into lustful acts by suggesting their union has already been consummated by the mixing of bodily
fluids within a flea. Manipulation rather than courtly love
- lust vs. true love
- violence
-obsession, ignoring barriers to love
-sexual, dangerous purist/ desire
The Flea context Correct answer--metaphysical (wordplay, sticking imagery, theatrical)
-fleas before the plague raved Europe (1665, 14th century)
-Renaissance= religion re-imagined, questioning
-published 1633 (James 1 Bible in 1611)
The Flea- AO5 Correct answer--shocking and surprising conceit
-liable to be read in public at court therefore being explicit would not be appropriate
To his coy mistress summary and key themes Correct answer-Argument to persuade women to
urgency embrace physical passion of love because at the mercy of time
- time and love (fleeting
-pursuit/ desire
- similar imagery (dust, green light vs. rubies)
-lust
To his coy mistress- AO3 Correct answer--metaphysical
-English civil war
-restoration of the monarchy under Charles II
-classical theme of carpe diem
-women's virtue and chastity was highly prized asset
-without reliable contraception and sigma against illegitimacy
-double standards
-Empire/ colonialism
-Cromwell's puritanism
The Scrutiny summary Correct answer-arguing for his own promiscuity. Speaker is in control of
outcome and women's future dependent on the speaker
- selfish (speaker himself carpe diem rather than exorting female to join him)
-lust
-reunion/ returning (women will wait)
-fidelity/ infidelity/ commitment
-women as expendable`
DETAILED A02,A03 AND A01 QUESTIONS WITH
ALL CORRECT & VERIFIED ANSWERS
Who so list to hunt summary/ key themes Correct answer-courtship likened to a hunt with woman
as prey and man as hunter receiving the spoils. Women had no power but neither did men when
confronted with the Kings desire- class hire-achy
-obsession
-ownership (with wealth and class- diamond necklace)
-pursuit (which is futile)
-unrequited love
-barriers to love
-desire
-gender relations
Who so list to hunt allusions to other texts Correct answer-- loose imitation of Petrach's Rume 190
- 'noli me tangere' said by Jesus to Mary Magdalene when she tried to embrace him after the
ressurection
Who so list to hunt contexts Correct answer-- Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII, Wyatt himself (hidden
identity so not open to treason, concealment)
-Divine right of Kings, God's representative on earth, all kings subjects were his property
-credited with bringing sonnet into English
-women had little identity, property of men
-women expected to be chase to not undermine man's reputation (double sexual standards)- Anne
executed for adultery whereas Wyatt imprisoned then let off
Who so list to hunt- AO5 Correct answer--hunting metaphor within relationships still prevalent in
colloquial modern conversations
-misogynistic metaphor not appreciated by feminist ideals of today
-trivialises women in reducing them to prey
-lack of female voice unsurprising as created for male readers
Who so list to hunt- AO2 Correct answer--hunting metaphor
-assonance
-wind in net metaphor for futility
-frequent caesura with breathless effects
-enjambment
-aliteration
-petrachan sonnet
Sonnet 116- summary and key themes Correct answer-tribute to the simple perfection of true love
which cannot be shaken by impediments
- true love vs. lust
-love and time
- (lack of) barriers to love
-idealism
Sonnet 116- context Correct answer-- capitalism of love and time link to Renaissance morality plays
where abstract ideals were personified to teach moral lessons
, - religion
-cannot divorce
-average life expectancy was 40 years explaining death imagery and preoccupation with time
Sonnet 116- AO2 Correct answer--Shakespearean sonnet (thesis, antithesis, synthesis)
- nautical imagery
-marriage service allusion
Modern A05 about marriage and true love Correct answer-42% marriages end in divorce, less
commitment
The Flea summary and key themes Correct answer-an argument proposed to persuade a female
into lustful acts by suggesting their union has already been consummated by the mixing of bodily
fluids within a flea. Manipulation rather than courtly love
- lust vs. true love
- violence
-obsession, ignoring barriers to love
-sexual, dangerous purist/ desire
The Flea context Correct answer--metaphysical (wordplay, sticking imagery, theatrical)
-fleas before the plague raved Europe (1665, 14th century)
-Renaissance= religion re-imagined, questioning
-published 1633 (James 1 Bible in 1611)
The Flea- AO5 Correct answer--shocking and surprising conceit
-liable to be read in public at court therefore being explicit would not be appropriate
To his coy mistress summary and key themes Correct answer-Argument to persuade women to
urgency embrace physical passion of love because at the mercy of time
- time and love (fleeting
-pursuit/ desire
- similar imagery (dust, green light vs. rubies)
-lust
To his coy mistress- AO3 Correct answer--metaphysical
-English civil war
-restoration of the monarchy under Charles II
-classical theme of carpe diem
-women's virtue and chastity was highly prized asset
-without reliable contraception and sigma against illegitimacy
-double standards
-Empire/ colonialism
-Cromwell's puritanism
The Scrutiny summary Correct answer-arguing for his own promiscuity. Speaker is in control of
outcome and women's future dependent on the speaker
- selfish (speaker himself carpe diem rather than exorting female to join him)
-lust
-reunion/ returning (women will wait)
-fidelity/ infidelity/ commitment
-women as expendable`
