An analysis on a short passage taken from Satire 1.

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Assessment 2                                                                        Clare Ferris

                An analysis on a short passage taken from Satire 1

        Sir Thomas Wyatt’s poetry represents the time in which Wyatt represented

Henry VIII England as he traveled as an ambassador to several countries. His poetry expresses how he felt within the 16th Century. The poem which I have chosen to reflect upon these times is Satire 1; the passage is from lines 73-103, where Wyatt reveals his true thoughts within the voice of a narrator.

        Satire 1 which was wrote in 1536 a time in which Sir Thomas Wyatt spent some time in court as he was often banished during his ambassador duration for holding false information. The poem itself was written whilst he was banished from his courteous role.          Wyatt reflects the feelings of how a courtier must have felt within this time especially showing how this was a strong affect upon his own life. The way in which Wyatt has used the narrator in his poetry shows that the narrator has a meaning towards himself in which the court has affected other people within the time.

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        Lines 73-75 suggest that the speaker of the poem cannot go through with the way in which his role consists of during his time as an ambassador. Wyatt questions the roles of an ambassador of what is required of oneself; hence that a sense of doubt is used in this, line 76 “I cannot I- no, no, it will not be!” The questioning of this uses him to stop then think and to continue to follow on with how he feels uncomfortable with this as he speaks from the heart. These lines are quite influential as they should be taken ...

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