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Whoso List to Hunt, I Know where is an Hind
BY SIR THOMAS WYATT
Whoso list to hunt, I know where is an hind,
But as for me, hélas, I may no more.
The vain travail hath wearied me so sore,
I am of them that farthest cometh behind.
Yet may I by no means my wearied mind
Draw from the deer, but as she fleeth afore
Fainting I follow. I leave off therefore,
Sithens in a net I seek to hold the wind.
Who list her hunt, I put him out of doubt,
As well as I may spend his time in vain.
And graven with diamonds in letters plain
There is written, her fair neck round about:
Noli me tangere, for Caesar's I am,
And wild for to hold, though I seem tame.
English Poetry Lecture 4: Sir Tomas Wyatt | 'Whoso List to Hunt'
Briefly, comment on 3 of the following. Choose ones different from the ones your friends choose. Always use textual evidence from the text.
-1. Does the poem reflect its age? How?
-2. And how does the poem create a particular image of women? Is it positive?
-3. What type of sonnet is this? What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?
-4. Does the poet really give up on the woman he likes? or is it a trick to win her heart?
-5. Whose voice is dominating? The man's or the woman's? Explain.
-6. Comment on the form (structure) of the poem and its relation to its content (theme)
-7. Writing as/like a woman: write a parody reply to Wyatt:
- 8. How similar or different is this love poem from the classical love poems in Arabic (or in your culture)?
- 9- Compare the use of the image of the deer in both English and Arabic poetry (or from your culture) and
they are often related to women. Give examples.