Dr.
Stapleton First Exam
Not
at the first sight, nor with a dribbed shot,
Loue
gaue
the wound, which, while I breathe, will bleede;
But
knowne worth did in tract of time proceed,
Till
by degrees, it had full conquest got.
I
saw and lik'd; I lik'd but loued not; 5
I
lou'd, but straight did not what Loue decreed:
At
length, to Loues decrees I, forc'd, agreed,
Yet
with repining at so partiall lot.
Now,
euen that footstep of lost libertie
Is
gone; and now, like slaue-borne Muscouite, 10
I
call it praise to suffer tyrannie;
And
nowe imploy the remnant of my wit
To
make myselfe beleeue that all is well,
While,
with a feeling skill, I paint my hell.
1.
Explicate the
sonnet above, Sidney’s Astrophil and Stella #2. Simply paraphrasing it
into your own words will not be sufficent. To explicate means to explain
and analyze the poet’s effects, which will enable you to demonstrate your
newfound knowledge about how those like him do their work: structure, rhetoric,
rhyme scheme, “matching” rhymes, meter and metrical diversity, tone, emotion,
allusion, diction, puns, wordplay.
2.
You’ve now read other writers of the period, such as Gascoigne, Wyatt, Skelton,
Dowriche, Lok, Whitney, and Surrey. What traditions or conventions do Sidney
and his predecessors have in common? What seems different? Be specific.
3.
As a refresher, here is my section on analytical writing from my webpage that
I’m sure you’ve seen before. Let it be your guide:
Its
most important section:
Always
a) Analyze your quotations. Find words, phrases, or general ideas in your
citations that you can discuss and relate to your premises; b) avoid the simple
paraphrase of a character’s words into your own, unless the actual meaning of a
passage is in question and at issue; and, most crucial, hardest to master,
c)cite only as much as you are prepared to discuss thoroughly, and no more.
Keep those quotations SHORT.
4-5
pp. Due Friday 7 October by 9 a.m. via email
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