Sonet 75, Edward Spenser
...sitive amends. Spenser reassures his wife that as long as the sonnet survives, so will her essence. “My verse your virtues rare shall eternize.” He restores hope in the fact even if they die that they will meet in heaven and there he will write her “glorious name” again. He goes on to say that even if the whole world came to an end, their love would survive and grow even more. Many poets write long and complicated pieces of work but Spenser only wanted his wife to know how much he loved her and how devoted he was. By writing her name over and over in the sand shows his immortal commitment and proves their love will withstand the tests of time. The poem entitled “Sonnet 75,” written by Edmund Spenser, expresses his eternalized love for his second wife Elizabeth Boyle. This is typical of Spenser, a poet of the English Renaissance period, which took place during the sixteenth century. Spenser communicates through this poem how love can stand the tests of time. Many significant poetic devices flavor this sonnet. For example, this poem was written in iambic pentameter with an alternating line pattern. Thus hooking the last line of a quatrain with the next. In the first stanza where Spenser writes “One day I wrote her name upon the strand,” he repeatedly uses the long sound. This is an example of assonance, which is used to create a soft, song like pattern. He also uses personification when he gives the tide life by writing “But came the tide, and made my pains his prey.” This is insinuating that the tide can physically prey upon a persons emotions. All of these devices make the poem seem intensely passionate, and lend to its appeal. In the first quatrain, Spenser presents the setting and the occasion to the reader. He writes that he is on the beach writing his loves’ name in the sand. The only problem is that her name keeps getting washed away by the tide. “One day I wrote her name upon the strand, But came the waves and washéd away.” This shows that his desperate attempt to immortalize her name in the sand is only succeeded by failure. This sets the reader up to speculate how Spenser will ensure their love will withstand the boundaries of time. In the second quatrain his wife replies that she doesn’t understand why he must keep trying to write her name in the sand when it keeps getting washed away. She says that she herself is mortal and that she will be forgotten just as surely as her name is erased. She thinks that his attempts are futile when she says “Vain man that dost in vain assay, A mortal thing so to immortalize.” The tone dives even deeper into despair buy turning towards being almost an unrequited love. His response which is contained in the third quatrain is where the entire sonnet turns to a more positive amends. Spenser reassures his wife that as long as the sonnet survives, so will her essence. “My verse your virtues rare shall eternize.” He restores hope in the fact even if they die that they will meet in heaven and there he will write her “glorious name” again. He goes on to say that even if the whole world came to an end, their love would survive and grow even more. Many poets write long and complicated pieces of work but Spenser only wanted his wife to know how much he loved her and how devoted he was. By writing her name over and over in the sand shows his immortal commitment and proves their love will withstand the tests of time. The poem entitled “Sonnet 75,” written by Edmund Spenser, expresses his eternalized love for his second wife Elizabeth Boyle. This is typical of Spenser, a poet of the English Renaissance period, which took place during the sixteenth century. Spenser communicates through this poem how love can stand the tests of time. Many significant poetic devices flavor this sonnet. For example, this poem was written in iambic pentameter with an alternating line pattern. Thus hooking the last line of a quatrain with the next. In the first stanza where Spenser writes “One day I wrote her name upon the strand,” he repeatedly uses the long sound. This is an example of assonance, which is used to create a soft, song like pattern. He also uses personification when he gives the tide life by writing “But came the tide, and made my pains his prey.” This is insinuating that the tide can physically prey upon a persons emotions. All of these devices make the poem seem intensely passionate, and lend to its appeal. In the first quatrain, Spenser presents the setting and the occasion to the reader. He writes that he is on the beach writing his loves’ name in the sand. The only problem is that her name keeps getting washed away by the tide. “One day I wrote her name upon the strand, But came the waves and washéd away.” This shows that his desperate attempt to immortalize her name in the sand is only succeeded by failure. This sets the reader up to speculate how Spenser will ensure their love will withstand the boundaries of time. In the second quatrain his wife replies that she doesn’t understand why he must keep trying to write her name in the sand when it keeps getting washed away. She says that she herself is mortal and that she will be forgotten just as surely as her name is erased. She thinks that his attempts are futile when she says “Vain man that dost in vain assay, A mortal thing so to immortalize.” The tone dives even deeper into despair buy turning towards being almost an unrequited love. His response which is contained in the third quatrain is where the entire sonnet turns to a more positive amends. Spenser reassures his wife that as long as the sonnet survives, so will her essence. “My verse your virtues rare shall eternize.” He restores hope in the fact even if they die that they will meet in heaven and there he will write her “glorious name” again. He goes on to say that even if the whole world came to an end, their love would survive and grow even more. Many poets write long and complicated pieces of work but Spenser only wanted his wife to know how much he loved her and how devoted he was. By writing her name over and over in the sand shows his immortal commitment and proves their love will withstand the tests of time. The poem entitled “Sonnet 75,” written by Edmund Spenser, expresses his eternalized love for his second wife Elizabeth Boyle. This is typical of Spenser, a poet of the English Renaissance period, which took place during the sixteenth century. Spenser communicates through this poem how love can stand the tests of time. Many significant poetic devices flavor this sonnet. For example, this poem was written in iambic pentameter with an alternating line pattern. Thus hooking the last line of a quatrain with the next. In the first stanza where Spenser writes “One day I wrote her name upon the strand,” he repeatedly uses the long sound. This is an example of assonance, which is used to create a soft, song like pattern. He also uses personification when he gives the tide life by writing “But came the tide, and made my pains his prey.” This is insinuating that the tide can physically prey upon a persons emotions. All of these devices make the poem seem intensely passionate, and lend to its appeal. In the first quatrain, Spenser presents the setting and the occasion to the reader. He writes that he is on the beach writing his loves’ name in the sand. The only problem is that her name keeps getting washed away by the tide. “One day I wrote her name upon the strand, But came the waves and washéd away.” This shows that his desperate attempt to immortalize her name in the sand is only succeeded by failure. This sets the reader up to speculate how Spenser will ensure their love will withstand the boundaries of time. In the second quatrain his wife replies that she doesn’t understand why he must keep trying to write her name in the sand when it keeps getting washed away. She says that she herself is mortal and that she will be forgotten just as surely as her name is erased. She thinks that his attempts are futile when she says “Vain man that dost in vain assay, A mortal thing so to immortalize.” The tone dives even deeper into despair buy turning towards being almost an unrequited love. His response which is contained in the third quatrain is where the entire sonnet turns to a more positive amends. Spenser reassures his wife that as long as the sonnet survives, so will her essence. “My verse your virtues rare shall eternize.” He restores hope in the fact even if they die that they will meet in heaven and there he will write her “glorious name” again. He goes on to say that even if the whole world came to an end, their love would survive and grow even more. Many poets write long and complicated pieces of work but Spenser only wanted his wife to know how much he loved her and how devoted he was. By writing her name over and over in the sand shows his immortal commitment and proves their love will withstand the tests of time. The poem entitled “Sonnet 75,” written by Edmund Spenser, expresses his eternalized love for his second wife Elizabeth Boyle. This is typical of Spenser, a poet of the English Renaissance period, which took place during the sixteenth century. Spenser communicates through this poem how love can stand the tests of time. Many significant poetic devices flavor this sonnet. For example, this poem was written in iambic pentameter with an alternating line pattern. Thus hooking the last line of a quatrain with the next. In the first stanza where Spenser writes “One day I wrote her name upon the strand,” he repeatedly uses the long sound. This is an example of assonance, which is used to create a soft, song like pattern. He also uses personification when he gives the tide life by writing “But came the tide, and mad...