ENGL 221 Lecture 12: Sonnets - Intro
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Spencer: astrophil & stella, sonnet 1 something else? critiques petrarchism solution, sonnet 9. The muse is not the same as the woman. Is his problem that his muse is failing him, his invention is failing him, or. A humorous sonnet sequence, main fun of it and being over dramatic - The turn is instead of complaining about it, the muse gives him an actual. Roof of the palace is gold (her hair) Her eyebrows are the things that touch but do not touch (they reach for each other but never meet (so she is scowling; furrowing her brow) Thou art thy mothers glass - she sees her youth through him.
