Summary Of For That He Looked Not Upon Her By George Gascoigne
In most cases, emotions speak louder than words. In the poem “For that he looked not upon her” by George Gascoigne, the speaker is a depiction of how people can be enfeebled by love and the pain it brings. Although a man has been heartbroken, and is left with only a morsel of strength, he still believes that there could be warmth in his life again. Through the use of authentic imagery, expressive symbolism, and various representative devices, the author presents a man who has once been heartbroken and is skeptical about trying again. Throughout the poem, the speaker repeatedly uses despairing diction and perceptible imagery to explain to the readers why he is unable to see his love in the face. He goes as far as to state “my louring head is