To His Love Edmund Spenser
Form & meter Themes Literary Devices Spenser Edmund Paraphrasing To His Love
BY : Edmund Spenser was an English poet BY : Edmund Spenser was an English poet. He was best known for The Faerie Queene.
To His Love One day I wrote her name upon the strand, But came the waves and washed it away: Again I wrote it with a second hand, But came the tide, and made my pains his prey. "Vain man," said she, "that dost in vain assay, A mortal thing so to immortalize; For I myself shall like to this decay, And eke my name be wiped out likewise." "Not so," (quod I) "let baser things devise To die in dust, but you shall live by fame: My verse your vertues rare shall eternize, And in the heavens write your glorious name: Where whenas death shall all the world subdue, Our love shall live, and later life renew."
Rhyme Rhythm pentameter Iambic (V/I) Example strand Hand(perfect) Form& meter Example strand Hand(perfect) Rhyme pentameter Iambic (V/I) Rhythm ababbcbccdcdee
Assonance Imagery Literal Devices hyperbole Alliteration Personification hyperbole Assonance Imagery
One day I wrote her name upon the strand . . . . Assonance One day I wrote her name upon the strand . . . .
Alliteration -But came the waves and washed it away. -made my pains his prey. .To die in dust- .My verse your vertues – -Where whenas death shall all the world subdue. -Our love shall live, and later life renew.
Personification . -But came the tide, and my “pains” his prey - But came the waves and “washed” it away
Imagery But came the waves and washed it away One day I wrote her name upon the strand
"Vain man," said she, "that dost in vain assay, hyperbole "Vain man," said she, "that dost in vain assay,
Theme Immortality Love
My short response You are making a mistake Your mistake is very big leave the rest of your feelings on paper My beach deceives to die Stepping on writings and wiping this off And not bother yourself with stepping on it It is impossible to stay and survive Go in peace ! My beach is not for eternal writings
To His Love