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Analysis of Sir Philip Sidney
Analysis of Sir Philip Sidney
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both teach and delight. That is why he thinks that reading well-written lovepoems give his beloved pleasure and knowledge of his sincerity and anguish. This
would, in turn, make her pity him and pity would give rise to love.
The poet confesses that once decided upon the means he went on to paint the
blackest face of woe/ Studying inventions fine Here we come to an
outstanding feature of the imagery of Astrophil an Stellathe device of
personification, which was, in fact, a medieval practice and influenced the poets
till the 17th century. Here the poet also refers to the contemporary practice of
imitating the words of other poets. But he comes to the realization that
imitation without inspiration is futile. That is why he waits for some fresh
showers upon my sun-burnd brain. The image is an instance of Sidneys
innovative imagination. By sun he refers to Stella or the source of his love,
which has dried up his creative faculty. The poet understands that this forces
him to
says,