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Pre-1900 Love Through the Ages Poetry:
Detailed A02 and A03 and A01. Exam
Questions And Answers 100% Pass
Who so list to hunt summary/ key themes - ANS 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 - ANS - 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 - ANS - 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
, ©EVERLY 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
-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 - ANS -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 - ANS -hunting metaphor
-assonance
-wind in net metaphor for futility
-frequent caesura with breathless effects
-enjambment
-aliteration
-petrachan sonnet
Sonnet 116- summary and key themes - ANS 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 - ANS - capitalism of love and time link to Renaissance morality plays
where abstract ideals were personified to teach moral lessons
- religion
Pre-1900 Love Through the Ages Poetry:
Detailed A02 and A03 and A01. Exam
Questions And Answers 100% Pass
Who so list to hunt summary/ key themes - ANS 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 - ANS - 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 - ANS - 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
, ©EVERLY 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
-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 - ANS -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 - ANS -hunting metaphor
-assonance
-wind in net metaphor for futility
-frequent caesura with breathless effects
-enjambment
-aliteration
-petrachan sonnet
Sonnet 116- summary and key themes - ANS 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 - ANS - capitalism of love and time link to Renaissance morality plays
where abstract ideals were personified to teach moral lessons
- religion
