THOMAS WYATT 'S POEM -THE LOVER'S APPEAL

 

Welcoming February with Blogchatter’s #WRITEAPAGEADAY2023 adds a daily routine by bringing in an exciting work of writing every day and that should reach 10,000 words by the end of this month.  This is the second time I’m taking part in this campaign.

This year I planned to write about the poems that has LOVE as the major theme. One poem a day along with some brief details about the author will be presented.

 

Poet:  THOMAS WYATT

 Poem: THE LOVER’S APPEAL

And wilt though leave me thus?

Say nay! Say nay! For shame

To save thee from the blame

Of all my grief and grame

And wilt though leave thus?

Say nay! Say nay!

 

And wilt though leave me thus?

That hath loved thee so long

In wealth and woe among:

And is thy heart so strong

As far to leave me thus

Say nay! Say nay!

 

And wilt though leave me thus,

That hath given thee my heart

Never far to depart

Neither for pain nor smart:

And wilt though leave me thus?

Say nay! Say nay!

 

And wilt though leave me thus,

And have no more pity

Of him that loveth thee?

Alas! Thy cruelty!

And wilt though leave me thus?

Say nay! Say nay!

 

Petrarchan sonnets and the poems of Wyatt treats “love” as the major theme. The poem delineates the nature of Love as something that could make a person feel sorrow, pain, joy, and confusion at the same time. Wyatt adhered strictly to the Petrarchan model, used with such fine effect. The poem summarized would say that the speaker is simply a man in the wrong pleading for his lover to forgive him and remain in relations with him, but she dies.

 

Thomas wyatt was born in 1502, entered St. John’s college, Cambridge, at the age of twelve, and took his degree at 15. He was at one time, like Chaucer, esquire to the King. He travelled to Italy on several occasions and was the first to introduce the sonnet to England.