Edmund Spenser is the famous author of The Faerie Queene, one of the most important pieces of English poetry. It is highly allegorical and celebrates the Tudor dynasty. Spenser also wrote numerous famous sonnets and has a particular style of verse named after him. His style was deliberately antiquated, although he sought to write against the classical tradition, including poets such as Virgil and Ovid, rather than attempt to emulate them.
Edmund Spenser’s ‘Amoretti LXVII: Like as a Huntsman’ explores the pursuit of love and the unexpected rewards it brings.
Like as a huntsman after weary chase,
Seeing the game from him escap'd away,
Sits down to rest him in some shady place,
With panting hounds beguiled of their prey:
‘My Love is like to ice, and I to fire’ describes the contradictory but also complementary personalities of the speaker and his lover.
‘Sonnet 54’ is part of Spenser’s Amoretti and is a Spenserian sonnet, formed by three interlocked quatrains and a couplet.
‘Sonnet 68’ is a segment of Amoretti, a true love calendar that picturizes Spenser’s courtship and eventual marriage to Elizabeth Boyle.
‘Sonnet 75′ is part of Amoretti, a sonnet cycle that describes Edmund Spenser’s courtship and marriage to Elizabeth Boyle.
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