1a. What does the speaker know where to find?
2a. To what task does the speaker compare this hunt?
3a. What is written on the collar around the deer's neck?
4a. What is the main idea of lines 1-8? What is the main idea of lines 9-14?
5a. Judge whether the hind belongs to anyone.
1b. Why is the speaker willing to share this information with another hunter?
2b. What does this comparison suggest about the nature of this hunt?
3b. Why does this message mean the hunt will be unsuccessful?
4b. How does the message of the sestet relate to the message of the octet?
5b. Do you think the hunter really wants the hind? Or, does he enjoy the hunt?
Metaphor.What similarities exist between the woman and the deer? between the speaker and the hunter?
Petrarchan Sonnet and Iambic Pentameter.Review the exercise you completed in Literary Tools. Identify the rhyme scheme in "Whoso List to Hunt." Does it completely follow the Petrarchan model?
1. Write a journal entry from the speaker's point of view, or from your own point of view, about being disappointed in love.
2. Write a dialogue between the speaker of this sonnet and woman he loves and pursues. Remember the speaker's feelings as expressed in this sonnet when you create his lines.
3. Write a sonnet. You may choose a traditional or nontraditional subject and tone, but make sure your poem follows the meter and rhyme scheme of a sonnet.
Personal Pronouns. Identify the correct pronoun in parentheses to complete each of the following sentences.
1. In Wyatt's sonnet, (who, whom) had the hunter tried to catch?
2. The speaker says that the hunt tired (he, him).
3. Will (they, them) who hunt the hind catch her?
4. (Whomever, Whoever) touches Cūsar's property will answer to Cūsar.
5. Of all of (us, we) hunters, I am the farthest behind the deer.
Researching Anne Boleyn. Some scholars believe this sonnet was written about Anne Boleyn. Research her life and prepare a brief biography of her. If you do your research on the Internet, one site you will find helpful is at GeoCities http://www.geocities/anneboleyn13/main.html.
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