FROM THE AMORETTI BY EDMUND SPENSER
Explanation of the poem line by line.
Spenser is playing with the term of disturbance created by nature in his activities of lovemaking and memorizing his beloved one. Spenser blames sea waves for wiping out the name of his beloved one.
One day I wrote her name upon the strand,
But came the waves and washed it away:
He mentioned here about the name written on the seashore, thereafter how the waves came and washed it away. He got sad about the act being performed by waves. Here he shows his eagerness to memorize his girlfriend, which could not be done because of waves.
Again I wrote it with a second hand,
But came the tide, and made my pains his prey.
He also tried it with another hand as he felt that it must be a mistake of his hands so, the name has been wiped out. He writes her name again with another hand but a result remains the same as earlier. There is another wave come again is a tide and wiped it out again. The waves which wiping the name, again and again, are making him angry. He feels like the waves are making fun of him by doing this. Here he mentions about making fun of his pain by the waves.
"Vain man," said she, "that dost in vain assay,
A mortal thing so to immortalize;
In next stanza, he says, about calling him a useless man by his beloved one. He is the man who acts as a useless person whose test of being useful is also looking useless. His beloved one is calling him a vain man who cannot do any kind of work properly, always being vain and useless by his acts. To be useless is described here as a murderous thing which can provide immortal life to him, as he says mortal things so to immortalize.
For I myself shall like to this decay,
And eke my name be wiped out likewise."
Spenser here tries to convey the message that he will act as he was earlier. He doesn't get afraid of it. He doesn't care about himself, if he is going to be spoiled his life, he will continue with his vain ness. Here he expresses the emotions of horror by the word "eke", He told that his name also will be wiped out like the name of his beloved one.
"Not so," (quod I) "let baser things devise
To die in dust, but you shall live by fame:
He wants to adjust basic things in his life, as he doesn't care much about the advance setting of life. He only suggests sorting out basic matters. He mentions that if he will die and melt out in the dust, his beloved one will live by fame always. He doesn't want to take care of himself, but his expectations are to give fame full life to his lover.
My verse your vertues rare shall eternize,
And in the heavens write your glorious name:
Spenser here shares that he is verse and his beloved's virtues are a rare combination and with help of it they will be alive by their thought in this world. He tells about the name of his lover which will be written gloriously.
Where whenas death shall all the world subdue,
Our love shall live, and later life renew."
Edmund is supposing hear about the end of the world, as he says that when and where the whole world comes to an end is death. Their love (his and her) love will be still alive then and their life will be renewed then.
Edmund Spenser has implemented his creativity of imagination very firmly into the sonnet. It's one kind of mesmerizing composition which the reader will love to read. Spenser has shown his loving and caring nature about his love and also shows his carelessness about own. His sonnets are enjoyable and full of romance with some hyper-effective elements of love.
°•° Thank you. °•°
Explanation of the poem line by line.
Spenser is playing with the term of disturbance created by nature in his activities of lovemaking and memorizing his beloved one. Spenser blames sea waves for wiping out the name of his beloved one.
One day I wrote her name upon the strand,
But came the waves and washed it away:
He mentioned here about the name written on the seashore, thereafter how the waves came and washed it away. He got sad about the act being performed by waves. Here he shows his eagerness to memorize his girlfriend, which could not be done because of waves.
Again I wrote it with a second hand,
But came the tide, and made my pains his prey.
He also tried it with another hand as he felt that it must be a mistake of his hands so, the name has been wiped out. He writes her name again with another hand but a result remains the same as earlier. There is another wave come again is a tide and wiped it out again. The waves which wiping the name, again and again, are making him angry. He feels like the waves are making fun of him by doing this. Here he mentions about making fun of his pain by the waves.
"Vain man," said she, "that dost in vain assay,
A mortal thing so to immortalize;
In next stanza, he says, about calling him a useless man by his beloved one. He is the man who acts as a useless person whose test of being useful is also looking useless. His beloved one is calling him a vain man who cannot do any kind of work properly, always being vain and useless by his acts. To be useless is described here as a murderous thing which can provide immortal life to him, as he says mortal things so to immortalize.
For I myself shall like to this decay,
And eke my name be wiped out likewise."
Spenser here tries to convey the message that he will act as he was earlier. He doesn't get afraid of it. He doesn't care about himself, if he is going to be spoiled his life, he will continue with his vain ness. Here he expresses the emotions of horror by the word "eke", He told that his name also will be wiped out like the name of his beloved one.
"Not so," (quod I) "let baser things devise
To die in dust, but you shall live by fame:
He wants to adjust basic things in his life, as he doesn't care much about the advance setting of life. He only suggests sorting out basic matters. He mentions that if he will die and melt out in the dust, his beloved one will live by fame always. He doesn't want to take care of himself, but his expectations are to give fame full life to his lover.
My verse your vertues rare shall eternize,
And in the heavens write your glorious name:
Spenser here shares that he is verse and his beloved's virtues are a rare combination and with help of it they will be alive by their thought in this world. He tells about the name of his lover which will be written gloriously.
Where whenas death shall all the world subdue,
Our love shall live, and later life renew."
Edmund is supposing hear about the end of the world, as he says that when and where the whole world comes to an end is death. Their love (his and her) love will be still alive then and their life will be renewed then.
Edmund Spenser has implemented his creativity of imagination very firmly into the sonnet. It's one kind of mesmerizing composition which the reader will love to read. Spenser has shown his loving and caring nature about his love and also shows his carelessness about own. His sonnets are enjoyable and full of romance with some hyper-effective elements of love.
°•° Thank you. °•°
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