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| Petrarch |
Sir Philip Sidney's poem "Astrophil and Stella" starts with a statement of desire that the beloved, "Stella", will take notice of the poet's writing, and obtain pity and attention from her, displaying the common Petrarchan theme of unrequited love.
Conceit: an extended metaphor that carries throughout the length of a poem.
'The Bait' by John Donne uses the conceit of the poet-speaker as the fish, and the beloved-women as the bait to convey women's sexually seductive nature and male heterosexual desire.
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| Lyre |
Lyric: genre of poetry that expresses the writer's emotions.
Sir Thomas Wyatt's "Whoso List to Hunt" expresses the poet's emotions to hunt and possess a beloved who is already bound to another.
Sir Thomas Wyatt's "Whoso List to Hunt" expresses the poet's emotions to hunt and possess a beloved who is already bound to another.
Apostrophe: addressing directly something that is not alive.
Sonnet 81. of Sir Philip Sidney's sonnet cycle uses an apostrophe by addressing a "kiss" directly, rather than addressing the beloved and his desire to kiss her.
Sonnet 81. of Sir Philip Sidney's sonnet cycle uses an apostrophe by addressing a "kiss" directly, rather than addressing the beloved and his desire to kiss her.
