The poem Sonnet
The poem, Sonnet 11 is a lamentation song of unreciprocated love by Lady Mary Wroth. She was an English Poet of the Renaissance. She lived between 1587-1651/3 and was from a distinguished literary family and was one of the first women to be recognised as a literary talent. Her life was not an ideal one. Her husband died but she did find love with her cousin, Earl William Herbert. It wasn’t easy for her though, as Herbert was also one of the favourites of Queen Elizabeth and she moved him around court to be with her in a tussle with Wroth. The problematic love life of Lady Mary Wroth is clearly illustrated within the poem. As her name suggest, her life was filled with "wroth".
Being a sonnet, the poem has a tightly structured thematic organisation. It consists of three quatrains and one rhyming couplet with a succesion of deca-syllabic lines.It has a rhyming scheme where the first line rhymewith the third one and the second line with the fourth one that is an "abab" pattern. Most words carry the weight of negative connotation which is conveyed in simple language. Where words are used metaphoically, thet are meant to portray a deep sense of pain felt in epithets or double negative words like:"sad pain', "endless toments", "cruelty disgrace". The poem evolves around the most famous theme of poetry: unreciprocated love. Compared to the poem "Why So Pale and Wan?" which is the point of view of man and a second person, "sonnet 11" is the point of view of a woman who i expressing her own feelings.
The first quatrain are invocative as the persona rhetorically draws attention to his plight, of unending love agony, asking when it would all end. The alliterain in 's' in the first line emphasises the sadness and suffering resented by the poet. The tone is set in the first line itself: a tone of reproach, melancholy and desperation. Further, it is important to note the personifucation of "Love", which is the subject matter of the poem. Lady Mary Wroth uses "endless
Being a sonnet, the poem has a tightly structured thematic organisation. It consists of three quatrains and one rhyming couplet with a succesion of deca-syllabic lines.It has a rhyming scheme where the first line rhymewith the third one and the second line with the fourth one that is an "abab" pattern. Most words carry the weight of negative connotation which is conveyed in simple language. Where words are used metaphoically, thet are meant to portray a deep sense of pain felt in epithets or double negative words like:"sad pain', "endless toments", "cruelty disgrace". The poem evolves around the most famous theme of poetry: unreciprocated love. Compared to the poem "Why So Pale and Wan?" which is the point of view of man and a second person, "sonnet 11" is the point of view of a woman who i expressing her own feelings.
The first quatrain are invocative as the persona rhetorically draws attention to his plight, of unending love agony, asking when it would all end. The alliterain in 's' in the first line emphasises the sadness and suffering resented by the poet. The tone is set in the first line itself: a tone of reproach, melancholy and desperation. Further, it is important to note the personifucation of "Love", which is the subject matter of the poem. Lady Mary Wroth uses "endless