Whoso List to Hunt
by Sir Thomas Wyatt
‘Whoso List to Hunt’ by Sir Thomas Wyatt uses a hunting metaphor to describe a suitor’s effort to gain the affections of, a woman.
Sir Thomas Wyatt Poems
Sir Thomas Wyatt was an important English poet and translator born in 1503. His work was admired during his life and continues to be so long since his death. He is often credited with introducing the sonnet to English literature through his translations of the Italian poet, Petrarch, and through his own compositions. He died in October 1542, fifteen years before his first book of verse was printed.
