What does Sonnet 35 by Edmund Spenser mean?

Answer 1

In Sonnet #1 of his Amoretti Edmund Spenser says that the pages of his book (the Amoretti) are lucky because they will be touched by his girlfriend. Then he says that the lines of his poems are lucky, because they will be seen by his girlfriend. Then he says that the rimes of his poem are lucky, because they will be able to look at his girlfriend. (That last bit doesn't make a heap of sense, but heeeyyyy, it's only a poem)!

It is all summed up in the closing couplet (as one often finds with a Shakespearean sonnet):

Leaves, lines, and rimes, seek her to please alone,

whom if ye please, I care for other none.

The poems in the Amoretti aren't very good (this is one of the better ones). But they are very old, and they are spelled funny.

Answer 2

Sonnet 35 by Edmund Spenser explores themes of longing, unrequited love, and the pain of separation. The speaker expresses his deep emotional turmoil and yearning for the beloved, who remains distant and unattainable. Through elaborate imagery and metaphor, Spenser captures the complexities of love and the agony of being apart from the object of one's affection.

Answer 3

no it stopped