Loving in truth, and fain in verse my love to show, written by Sir Phillip Sidney in 1582 is more of the comical dramatics of the period of the 16th century. That in itself is very interesting to me sense a good joke is always good material in writing, for me at the very least, and I find it fun to read. In this poem Sidney is trying very hard to write and just can’t find the words and at the end of his struggle the woman he is trying to write about gives him the answer. “Fool,’ my Muse said to me, “’Look in thy heart and write.’” This not only a powerful ending line but also comical in a way, because it asks the write to stop thinking and start versing. I think this could also be helpful as an example of both the dramatic and the comical twists
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Here is the part that I have a few issues with, first the term “seven years,” in history that can be a very important term because seven years was the total year’s one could be an Indentured servant. I’m have a little trouble with understanding this person’s message but I guess he wrote the poem in a state of grief so the writing may reflect those feelings. The poem itself is very powerful in terms of the wording but it meshed together in such a way that is a little confusing for me. I’m not sure how I would write it, but I do wonder if there was a better way to put the overall plot, of the story itself. The last line for me is very perplexing, “for those sake henceforth all his vows be such as what he loves may never like too much,” does that mean that he won’t ever love a son like that again? I guess if the author had come out and said “I never love other boy like that” or something to that effect it would make more …show more content…
I find that very idea rather insulting because I don’t personally believe in being married but I guess for the times it was a necessity for all young women to be married. The fourth line really leaves me with the impression that the men of the 17th century were very pushy when it came to women and what they should be doing in life. “And the same flower that smiles today tomorrow will be dying.” That line to me seems to demand that women get married before they look line prunes, I dare say that men did not seem to recognize the importance of women. I think this is poem to avoid when trying to find inspiration for a poem of my own because lecturing is never a good
Here is the part that I have a few issues with, first the term “seven years,” in history that can be a very important term because seven years was the total year’s one could be an Indentured servant. I’m have a little trouble with understanding this person’s message but I guess he wrote the poem in a state of grief so the writing may reflect those feelings. The poem itself is very powerful in terms of the wording but it meshed together in such a way that is a little confusing for me. I’m not sure how I would write it, but I do wonder if there was a better way to put the overall plot, of the story itself. The last line for me is very perplexing, “for those sake henceforth all his vows be such as what he loves may never like too much,” does that mean that he won’t ever love a son like that again? I guess if the author had come out and said “I never love other boy like that” or something to that effect it would make more …show more content…
I find that very idea rather insulting because I don’t personally believe in being married but I guess for the times it was a necessity for all young women to be married. The fourth line really leaves me with the impression that the men of the 17th century were very pushy when it came to women and what they should be doing in life. “And the same flower that smiles today tomorrow will be dying.” That line to me seems to demand that women get married before they look line prunes, I dare say that men did not seem to recognize the importance of women. I think this is poem to avoid when trying to find inspiration for a poem of my own because lecturing is never a good