Whoso List to Hunt
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"Whoso List to Hunt" is a sonnet by Sir Thomas Wyatt that adapts a Petrarchan theme of unattainable love through the metaphor of a futile deer hunt, often associated with Anne Boleyn.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Whoso List to Hunt canonical | 1 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
poem
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sonnet ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | a Petrarchan sonnet about unattainable love ⓘ |
| approximateCompositionDate | early 16th century ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Anne Boleyn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Sir Thomas Wyatt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralImage | hind (female deer) ⓘ |
| collectedIn | Tottel’s Miscellany (attributed to Wyatt in later scholarship) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| device |
Latin biblical allusion
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allusion to Caesar ⓘ |
| form | Petrarchan sonnet ⓘ |
| genre | courtly love poetry ⓘ |
| historicalContext | court of Henry VIII NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiration | Francesco Petrarca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Petrarchism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | English Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
early example of English Petrarchan sonnet
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important work in Wyatt’s adaptation of Petrarch ⓘ |
| metaphor | futile deer hunt ⓘ |
| meter | iambic pentameter ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| notableLine | Noli me tangere, for Caesar’s I am ⓘ |
| numberOfLines | 14 ⓘ |
| openingLine | Whoso list to hunt, I know where is an hind ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Early Modern English ⓘ |
| refrainElement | the speaker gives up the hunt ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | abba abba cddc ee ⓘ |
| setting | royal courtly environment ⓘ |
| studiedIn | English literature courses ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | a lover pursuing an unattainable woman ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
literary criticism on Tudor court politics
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scholarly debate about its reference to Anne Boleyn ⓘ |
| symbol |
collar inscribed with Noli me tangere
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hind as a symbol of the beloved ⓘ |
| theme |
desire and renunciation
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frustration in courtly love ⓘ power and possession ⓘ unattainable love ⓘ |
| tone |
resigned
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weary ⓘ |
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