Questions tagged [thomas-wyatt]
Questions about the works of the English politician and poet Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503 – 1542) and his life as a writer. Wyatt and his contemporary Henry Howard are credited with introducing the sonnet into English literature.
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How to scan Wyatt's "They flee from me"?
I was told in my class that "They flee from me" is written in iambic pentameter, except for line number 6 in the second stanza in iambic tetrameter. However, some lines in my textbook have ...
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Meaning of "Where the return stands by disdain" in a poem by Thomas Wyatt
From "Who list his wealth and ease retain", by Thomas Wyatt:
Who list his wealth and ease retain,
Himself let him unknown contain.
Press not too fast in at that gate
Where the return stands ...
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Why is London 'the town which Brutus sought by dreams'?
In his short poem which begins 'Tagus, farewell', the English poet Sir Thomas Wyatt wrote of his longing to return to an unnamed city. For anyone familiar with the rudiments of either Wyatt's ...
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Who introduced the sonnet to English literature? Wyatt or Shakespeare?
Who brought sonnet to English literature? Thomas Wyatt or William Shakespeare?
Their contributions to English literature: Shakespeare wrote a book that contains 154 sonnets, but I couldn't find ...
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