¡Descarga Sonnet 1 Astrophil and stella (trabajo) y más Guías, Proyectos, Investigaciones en PDF de Idioma Inglés solo en Docsity! Sonnet I (from Astrophil and Stella, by Sir Philip Sidney) Loving in truth, and fain in verse my love to show, a That she, dear she, might take some pleasure of my pain, b Pleasure might cause her read, reading might make her know, a Knowledge might pity win, and pity grace obtain,— b I sought fit words to paint the blackest face of woe; a Studying inventions fine, her wits to entertain, b Oft turning others' leaves to see if thence would flow a Some fresh and fruitful showers upon my sun-burned brain. b But words came halting forth, wanting invention's stay; c Invention, nature's child, fled step-dame Study's blows, d And others' feet still seemed but strangers in my way. c Thus, great with child to speak, and helpless in my throes, d Biting my truant pen, beating myself for spite, e Fool, said my muse to me, look in thy heart and write. e Some words (following their order in the sonnet) are explained for you: fain: wanting; she: Stella; wits: mind; oft: often; leaves: pages; fruitful: fertile (?); halting: moving with difficulty; wanting: lacking; stay: power; step-dame: not real mother; blows: attack; feet: means feet, but also the line feet (this is a pun, un juego de palabras, another figure of speech that you can add in your glossary); great with child: image of pregnancy; throes: birth pains; truant: which did not obey me (the poet); spite: anger; look in thy heart: look at the image of Stella in your heart. 1. Do you understand the meaning of every word in the sonnet? I have not indicated the meaning of some words (fit, woe, thence, etc.) because they are rather common and in this case, they are used with right sense. Yes, I do. 2. Once you have decided you understand the words, mark the rhyme scheme. What do you notice? I notice that it is the English form because it is form by three quatrains and a couplet whose rhyme is abab, abab, cdcd, ee. Even though the rhyme´s scheme is not the same as the usual (abab, cdcd, efef, gg) is the most similar and also it is usual that the rhymes change a lot in English form. 3. Why does the poet want to write? The poet wrote the following verses: “That she, dear she, might take some pleasure of my pain, Pleasure might cause her read, reading might make her know, Knowledge might pity win, and pity grace obtain,— I sought fit words to paint the blackest face of woe; a Studying inventions fine, her wits to entertain, “ His intention is to get his “muse” feels attracted by reading, learning and, also, he wants entertain her. 4. Complete the sequence of events going from the poet’s pain to his lady’s grace. Poet’s pain, lady can take pleasure of his pain, pain can make her reading, reading is related to knowledge, knowledge produces pity, until his lady’s grace. 5. Where does the poet first look for inspiration? The poet first looked for inspiration in others poems and writings. He said in his poem: “Studying inventions fine her wits to entertaine; Oft turning others’ leaves, to see if thence would flow Some fresh and fruitfull showers upon my sunne-burn’d braine.” 6. What is the result of this (the result of his first looking for inspiration)? He did not get a result still her muse told him: “Foole (...) look in thy heart and write.” 7. What is the message of the last line? What is Sidney saying about the nature of inspiration? I think Sidney tried to say us that when poets write they only must act out their feelings looking for this in their hearts. Sidney also talked about “Invention”. He said: “But words came halting forth, wanting Invention’s stay; Invention, Nature’s child, fled step-dame Studie’s blowes,” Therefore, it is clear that Sidney tried to say us that the way to write poetry is not studying previous poetry, but express ourselves. 8. Is there any metaphor, any conceit, any alliteration, any hyperbole, any …? Yes, there are literary figures. -Personification: “But words came halting forth, wanting Invention’s stay; Invention, Nature’s child, fled step-dame Studie’s blowes,” -Hyperbole:
