Whoso List to Hunt Summary

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Lines 1-4

In line 1 of "Whoso List to Hunt," the narrator states that for those who wish to hunt, he knows of a particular...

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I need an analysis of Thomas Wyatt.

Thomas Wyatt was a courtier for Henry VIII of England. He did much traveling and became acquainted with the Italian poet Petrarch. Petrarch is known for developing the Italian sonnet. When Wyatt...
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In Whoso List to Hunt, Sir Thomas Wyatt presents his love as an endless and ultimately fruitless chase. He writes of his doe ("hind"). He is weary from the chase but cannot help himself continuing...
What literary devices are used in "Whoso List to Hunt" by Sir Thomas Wyatt?

This is an example of a Petarchan sonnet--one octet and a sestet, fourteen lines. The problem or issue is the woman the speaker loves is enticing and irresistable, but unattainable since she...
How does the allusion to the deer have a double meaning in the poem?

In the poem "Whoso List to Hunt", the writer, Sir Thomas Wyatt, describes a hunt in which he is pursuing a deer, only to discover that the object of the chase is off-limits to him because she...
The speaker says the hind may seem tame but is "wild for to hold." Do you think he's referring...

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