Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503-1542)

The Life of Sir Thomas Wyatt Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503– 24 September 1542) was a 16th-century English lyrical poet credited with introducing the sonnet into English. He was born at Allington Castle, near Maidstone in Kent – though his family was originally from Yorkshire. His mother was Anne Skinner and his father, Henry Wyatt, had been one of Henry VII's Privy Councillors, and remained a trusted adviser when Henry VIII came to the throne in 1509. In his turn, Thomas Wyatt followed his father to court after his education at St John's College, Cambridge. None of Wyatt's poems were published during his lifetime—the first book to feature his verse was printed a full fifteen years after his death.

The works of Sir Thomas Wyatt

*The restful please!renewer of my smart. Song snd Sonnet *I find nopeace and all my war is done. *Yet was Inever of your love aggrieved. RONDEAUX *Behold ,love,thy power how she despiseth. *Ye old mule!that think yourself so fair. ODES *My lute A wake! *The restful please!renewer of my smart.

G O, burning sighs, unto the frozen heart, To break the ice, which pity's painful dart Might never pierce ; and if that mortal prayer In heaven be heard, at least yet I desire That death or mercy end my woful smart. Take with thee pain, whereof I have my part, And eke the flame from which I cannot start, And leave me then in rest, I you require. Go, burning sighs, fulfil that I desire, I must go work, I see, by craft and art, For truth and faith in her is laid apart : Alas, I cannot therefore now assail her, With pitiful complaint and scalding fire, That from my breast deceivably doth start. Go burning sighs !

Figure of speech

Theme : *Love and suffering .

Peronification : *Burning sighs is like a Peron (when the poet addressed burning sighs to go into his beloved heart to break the ice )

Ryhem scheme : (a ,a ,b ,a ,a ,a ,c ,c , a ,a ,b ,c ,a )

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