Mary Wroth embeds poetic devices such as: simile and allusions throughout her piece. Wroth makes it clear that while she may have a lot of love, she has to hide it. Wroth writes “Like to the Indians scorched with the Sunne” to convey her devotion to her lover. She uses simile to compare her love to things present around her: the sun and Indians. Visualizing her similes I began to understand her pain.
Through the simile she also alludes to the Indian’s religion where the sun is one of their Gods. Wroth uses allusion with the sun, a symbol of light and contrasts this image with dark. The battle between light and dark represents her internal struggle with the love that she has and how she is limited to express it. Although she may want to reveal
Through the simile she also alludes to the Indian’s religion where the sun is one of their Gods. Wroth uses allusion with the sun, a symbol of light and contrasts this image with dark. The battle between light and dark represents her internal struggle with the love that she has and how she is limited to express it. Although she may want to reveal