Love That Doth Reign And Live Within My Thought
Simple Mindmap of the poem 'Love That Doth Reign And Live Within My Thought' by Henry Howrd, Earl of Surrey
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- Love That Doth Reign And Live Within My Thought - Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
- Lexical Set of Love: Love, Heart, Sweet, Breast, Desire, Hope, Grace
- Lexical Set of War: Reign, Captive, Fought, Arms, Banner, Pain, Ire, Death
- The extended metaphor used throughout the poem is the presonification of love as a knight or warroir.
- This poem is a translation of Petrarch's original poem and was also translated by Sir Thomas Wyatt.
- The conceit is that Love is War
- The octave sets up conflict and the sestet implies futility with the volta in the concluding line.
- Lots of Archaic Language: Doth, Clad, Oft, Eke, Shamefast, Coverteth, Taketh, Thus
- The abstract nouns 'Pain' and 'Love' show the juxaposition.
- Writen in both first and third person.
- First Person: "...Live within my thoughtsd" - (Line 1)
- Thrid Person: "...Where he doth lurk and 'plain" - (Line 10)
- Alliteration of plosive sounds 't,b,c,p'.
- 'that taught me'
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