Wyatt and Anne Boleyn

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

(English) Renaissance

to whom is the poem addressed?

What is a ' hind' ? Explain why the image of the hind is used.

Whoso list to hunt, I know where is an hind,
But as for me, alas, I may no more.
The vain travail hath worried me so sore,
I am of them that farthest cometh behind.
Yet may I, by no means, my wearied mind

what is true?

1. There is no rhyme in the first part
2. There is alliteration in all the lines
3. This is about a hunting trip
4. There is alliteration in some lines

Who list her hunt, I put him out of doubt,
As well as I, may spend his time in vain.

What is the poet saying here?

And graven with diamonds in letters plain
There is written, her fair neck round about,
"Noli me tangere, for Caesar's I am,
And wild for to hold, though I seem tame."
What is said here?

1. The diamonds are wild ( don't steal them)
2. She is a prisoner with chains around her neck
3. she is tame and not wild
4. she can't be touched

in abot 20 words, explain what the main thought of the poem is