Sonnet One Day I Wrote Her Name School of poetry Elizabethan Poetry Poet Edmund Spenser Published 1595 Name of the collection of poems Amoretti Theme Immortality Bits of Information Some lovers strive to leave a lasting trace of their relationship, even after death. This desire to leave an imprint is a basic human tendency to…
Sonnet Like as a Huntsman School of poetry Elizabethan Poetry Poet Edmund Spenser Published 1595 Name of the collection of poems Amoretti Theme Desire Bits of Information “Baby, I’m preying on you tonightHunt you down, eat you aliveJust like animals, animals, like animals” (Animals by Maroon 5) The lyric implies the dominance of the lover…
Sonnet Sonnet 57: Sweet Warrior School of poetry Elizabethan Poetry Poet Edmund Spenser Published 1595 Name of the collection of poems Amoretti Theme Peace Bits of Information One-sided love is common and acceptable, but it becomes troublesome when the lovelorn person crosses the Lakshmana Rekha of autonomy. We will address the unacceptable behavior of the…
Death Be Not Proud Summary In John Donne’s “Death Be Not Proud”, the speaker questions the mightiness of Death. He argues with Death and tries to prove the powerlessness of Death. At first, he compares Death with rest and sleep that induce pleasure in men and later he says death is nothing but a slave…
Summary The speaker in The Sun Rising is in bed with his beloved. It is dawn, but he does not seem bothered about it. Having seen the sun at the window, he gets angry and admonishes the sun to leave their room. Instead of waking them up, he commands the sun to wake the schoolboys, apprentices, huntsmen, and…