Amoretti Sonnets - 897 Words

Edmund Spenser wrote two poems, â€Å"Happy ye Leaves when as Those Lilly Hands†, â€Å"Lyke as the Culuer one the Bared Bough†, and many others, for his wife Elizabeth Boyle. He created Amoretti more like a diary of when they first met, up until the day Elizabeth died (we believe). Spenser wrote his sonnets in the rhyme scheme, Spenserian: ABAB BCBC CDCD EE, and it is commonly used in all of his writings. Additionally, the other eighty seven sonnets that are in Amoretti, sonnet I (one) and sonnet LXXXIX (eighty nine) portray the key elements; furthermore, the two of the Spenser’s poems illustrate corresponding and / or dissimilarity to one another by using different aspects: situation, speaker, and tone. Spenser wrote the situation for sonnet†¦show more content†¦Secondly, he also describes her to be a pretty angle and when she looks at him or acknowledges him, he is in â€Å"my [him] heavens blis† (1. 12): â€Å"When ur behold that Angles blessed looke, / My soules long lacked foode† (1.11-12). Not only does sonnet I talk about how he loves this woman, but also, he explains how his life is so gloomy when she left. Spenser conveyed the man’s feeling to a female dove, morning for the loss of her mate: â€Å"Culuer on the bared bough, / sits morning for the absent of her mate† (2. 1-2). The man relates to the dove by expressing how he morns the â€Å"absence of my [his] love† (2. 6) and â€Å"seek with my playnts to match that mournful dove† (2. 8). Although, the speaker in both sonnets reveal how much he cares for the women. Many tones are used to help the readers or audience understand the author’s feelings and emotions towards the piece, as well as Spenser. In sonnet I (one), the tone is shown to be sentimental to the lady through the speaker. The man in the poem is putting his heart in the woman’s hands, to either hold it and cherish it or stomp on it and break it: â€Å"shall handle you and hold in loves soft bands, / Lyke captives trembling at the victors sight† (1. 3-4). He also goes on about how he gives her these things to please her and that’s all he cares about: â€Å"Leaves, lines, rhymes, seeke her to please alone, / Whom if ur please, I care for other none† (1. 13-14). However, the second sonnet depressing, by the loss of the lovely maiden. 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