I find no peace by Sir Thomas Wyatt
Context
Convention setter that defines the twin nature of courtly love
The burning passion against the mysery of rejection
It shows how love is not only one emotion but a mix
Shows the misery of beingin love through contradictory ideas
Key language device
Figurative language - opposites imagery
Emotions references
Hyperbole - melodramatic
References to prison show shows how love can sometimes make you feel trapped
Similies to compare love to other emotions, feelings and things in general
Personal pronouns shows its a personal poem about himself - hints to autobiographical?
Key structural devices
Petrarchan sonet - love - traditional
"prison" enjabment - as if connoting an outburst of emotions thats because of the increase in pace due to the lack of punctuation
Verses endstopped - shows finality and how his ideas are limited - ends one idea and then the speaker starts another one
Oxymorons
Rhyme scheme
Shifts in tone
Negative + pessimistic tone throghout
Gradually turns more lighthearted
Slight moking tone to the end of the poem making it sound melodramatic
Deeper meaning of the poem
Doesnt get what he wants so he throws a tantrum
He wallows and then realises
Why is the form of the poem persuasive
Petrarchan sonet - contardiction because this one is not about lovey dovey love is about the opposive - rejection
14 lines
Eye rhyme - no fixed clear rhyme scheme - shows torment of emotions
Topic areas - How does the speaker show his conflicting emotions in the poem
- Narcisistic - he only cares about himself
- Conflicting imagery
- Loves suffering
- Oxymorons
- Constant contrast not happy with either
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