Questions tagged [philip-sidney]
Questions about the works of English poet Philip Sidney (1554-1586) or his life as a writer.
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Sonnet 39 of Astrophil and Stella: Are these epithets or metaphors?
This is Sonnet 39 of Astrophil and Stella, also known as Come Sleep! O Sleep:
Come Sleep! O Sleep, the certain knot of peace,
The baiting-place of wit, the balm of woe,
The poor man’s wealth, the ...
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What kind of sonnet is Sonnet 24 of Sidney's "Astrophel and Stella"?
What kind of sonnet is Sonnet 24 of Philip Sidney's Astrophel and Stella? Here is the sonnet:
Rich fools there be, whose base and filthy heart
Lies hatching still the goods wherein they flow,
And ...