Explain : My luseth no longer rotten bpughs to climb
The line occurs Thomas Wyatt ‘ Farewell Love
Here the speaker is the poet himself. The poet expressed his deep thoughts on love
.The poet ends by stating, “Me lusteth no longer rotten boughs to climb” (l. 14).
Again, “boughs” may be a sexual innuendo since a stick or a tree’s trunk can easily
represent the erect male. A rotten tree is none other than a tree bound to fall. Just
as Adam fell due to Eve, the poet wishes to be at risk of falling no more. The word
“climb” is a references to the poet’s wish to climb the social and hierarchal ladder,
or to simply regain control over the female. By bidding farewell to his love, the poet
is able to free himself from her authority and once again retrieve his male
dominance over her. Inevitably, the poet wishes to take back control over his body
and mind, climb the tree of knowledge, witness the clear and omnipotent view
from the top, and finally possess an intellectual dominance over the female body.
The lover is no more in the mirage. Once he had surrendered himself to his
sweetheart. The thorn of love pricks his heart. This bitterness not only teaches him
love’s fickleness and fake but also makes him strong-hearted and bold enough. The
poet scornfully proposes his beloved to entrap the ‘young hartes’ and exercise her
authority over ‘idle youth’. Emphatically, he states:
“For, hitherto though I have lost my time:
Me list no longer rotten bowes to climb.”
Wyatt’s poem definitely represents the most negative view of Love I have seen in
awhile. What I think is most interesting about this poem, though, is that each line
has within it a different evaluation of the danger and uselessness of Love. Wyatt’s
sonnets are commendable endeavors and possess individual beauty as
well as strength. His unsuccessful love affair with Anne Boleyn inspires
him to write a few sonnets concerning with the theme of frustration and
break-up. Surely, this personal pre-occupation seems to prompt in him a
note of freedom from the conventional slavery to love.
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The line occurs Thomas Wyatt ‘ Farewell Love
Here the speaker is the poet himself. The poet expressed his deep thoughts on love
.The poet ends by stating, “Me lusteth no longer rotten boughs to climb” (l. 14).
Again, “boughs” may be a sexual innuendo since a stick or a tree’s trunk can easily
represent the erect male. A rotten tree is none other than a tree bound to fall. Just
as Adam fell due to Eve, the poet wishes to be at risk of falling no more. The word
“climb” is a references to the poet’s wish to climb the social and hierarchal ladder,
or to simply regain control over the female. By bidding farewell to his love, the poet
is able to free himself from her authority and once again retrieve his male
dominance over her. Inevitably, the poet wishes to take back control over his body
and mind, climb the tree of knowledge, witness the clear and omnipotent view
from the top, and finally possess an intellectual dominance over the female body.
The lover is no more in the mirage. Once he had surrendered himself to his
sweetheart. The thorn of love pricks his heart. This bitterness not only teaches him
love’s fickleness and fake but also makes him strong-hearted and bold enough. The
poet scornfully proposes his beloved to entrap the ‘young hartes’ and exercise her
authority over ‘idle youth’. Emphatically, he states:
“For, hitherto though I have lost my time:
Me list no longer rotten bowes to climb.”
Wyatt’s poem definitely represents the most negative view of Love I have seen in
awhile. What I think is most interesting about this poem, though, is that each line
has within it a different evaluation of the danger and uselessness of Love. Wyatt’s
sonnets are commendable endeavors and possess individual beauty as
well as strength. His unsuccessful love affair with Anne Boleyn inspires
him to write a few sonnets concerning with the theme of frustration and
break-up. Surely, this personal pre-occupation seems to prompt in him a
note of freedom from the conventional slavery to love.
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