What Does Thou Blind Man's Mark Mean
Sir Philip Sidney’s poem “Thou Blind Man’s Mark” is a warning on the dangers of pure desire and its ability to blind people from more important wants or needs. The poem provides a conflict of interest between the endless pleasure desire seems to bring, and the harsh reality of how detrimental it proves itself to be. Sidney also uses numerous literary devices repeatedly, from personification and metaphors to anaphoras and repetition.
Sidney begins his poem by giving desire various insulting remarks: “Thou blind man's mark, thou fool's self-chosen snare, Fond fancy's scum, and dregs of scattered thought ; Band of all evils, cradle of causeless care” (1-3). Sidney implies that desire is low-hanging fruit, regarded as “fool’s self chosen snare”
Sidney begins his poem by giving desire various insulting remarks: “Thou blind man's mark, thou fool's self-chosen snare, Fond fancy's scum, and dregs of scattered thought ; Band of all evils, cradle of causeless care” (1-3). Sidney implies that desire is low-hanging fruit, regarded as “fool’s self chosen snare”