Love
...at there is no point in chasing something that one cannot posses. He believes that whoever hunts her, it is useless they will not have her, they cannot have her, so he counsels others that they would be spending their time in vain. Engraved in diamonds in simple letters, there’s written a message around her neck that basically says “Don’t touch me for I am Caesars and I am wild even though I may seem tame.” The English poet and diplomat Sir Thomas Wyatt is mainly remembered for his 200 songs, many of them intended for accompaniment. He also introduced the sonnet and Terza Rima into English poetry. Thomas Wyatt was born at Allington Castle near Maidstone, Kent. He was the elder son of Henry Wyatt, afterward knighted, and his wife Anne. In 1515 Thomas entered St. John's College, Cambridge, receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1518 and his Master of Arts degree in 1522. His early marriage to Elizabeth Brooke, daughter of Thomas, Lord Cobham, in 1520, proved unhappy. After she had borne him two children, Thomas and Bess, Wyatt separated from his wife, apparently because she was unfaithful to him. Popular and handsome, he was much admired for his skill in music, languages, and arms. As early as 1516 Wyatt became server extraordinary to King Henry the Popular and handsome, he was much admired for his skill in music, languages, and arms. As early as 1516 Wyatt became server extraordinary to King Henry the VIII. This poem is a very appealing yet has various metaphors. In “Whoso List to Hunt” many symbolism is presented to the reader. The dough symbolizes Anna Boleyn as the deer, while the net holds Anna Boleyn, representing her position of belonging to someone else. Now as everyone one of the men chase the deer, she runs with a necklace. In which it says 'touch me not', for I belong to Caesar”. Wyatt puts that in his poem because it is as she flees away from him, and he cannot touch because she is property of King Henry the VIII. I like this poem for the way Wyatt expresses personal disappointment and weariness in the great chase, while still admiring a quarry that has both eluded him and is now possessed by a greater man; Caesar. Sir Thomas Wyatt was a diplomat in the service of Henry VIII, trav...