Astophil and stella
Loving in truth, and fain in verse my love to show,
That she, dear she, might take some pleasure of my pain,
Pleasure might cause her read, reading might make her know,
Knowledge might pity win, and pity grace obtain,—
I sought fit words to paint the blackest face of woe;
Studying inventions fine, her wits to entertain,
Oft turning others' leaves to see if thence would flow
Some fresh and fruitful showers upon my sun-burned brain.
But words came halting forth, wanting invention's stay;
Invention, nature's child, fled step-dame Study's blows,
And others' feet still seemed but strangers in my way.
Thus, great with child to speak, and helpless in my throes,
Biting my truant pen, beating myself for spite,
Fool, said my muse to me, look in thy heart and write
?Q1:who is the writer
A: the writer is Sir Philip Sidney
the name of this poem is astrophil and stella which mean , asrophil is the star lover , and stella is the star
loving in truth ,and fain in verse my loue to show
that she, deare she,might take some pleasure of my paine
he is truly love and he wants to show it in a work of art like verse. she may read the work and .sympathize with him
pleasure might cause her read, reading might make her know
knowledgem might pittie winne,and pity grace obtaine
because she likes literature ,she will read and she
might have mercy upon him , he is a true lover
i sought fit wordes to paint the blackest face of woe
studying inuentions fine,her wits to entertaine
he is searching for good words to show his pain and that's why he studying all the classical works inventions.he wants to entertain her he wants to simulate her interests,because she is intelligent lady,he wants to win her pity
oft turning others leaues,to see if thence would flow
some fresh and fruitfull showers upon my sun-burnd brain
he is trying to read to have a fresh idea that he could write about to gain her sympathy.he reads others works in order to imitate because his brain is sunburnt by stella
But words came halting forth, wanting invention's stay;
Invention, nature's child, fled step-dame Study's blows,
And others' feet still seemed but strangers in my way.
Thus, great with child to speak, and helpless in my throes,
Biting my truant pen, beating myself for spite,
Fool, said my muse to me, look in thy heart and write
the words came traditional as he was copying others (inuention,natureschilde is an allusion to aristotle).
aristotle said that art is an imitation of nature
طيب بعد الشرح ندور على التشخيص او تشبيه او كنآية ....الخ
اذا هو موجود بالقصيدة
*we have juxtaposition here between pleasure and pain.(in the second line)it means in arabic
تضاد وتناقض
*we have personification in the fifth line the blackest face of woe woe is like a person with black face
this is what I have it about asrophil and stella
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