Poetry Anthology

Poetry Anthology:Lyrical and Narrative poems.

  The Hind

Whoso list to hunt, I know where is an hind,

 But as for me, helas! I may no more.
 The vain travail hath wearied me so sore,
 I am of them that furthest come behind.
 Yet may I, by no means, my wearied mind
 Draw from the deer;but as the fleeth afore
 Fainting I follow I leave off therefore ,
 Since in a net I seek to hold the wind.
Who list her hunt, I put him out of doubt,
As well as I, may spend his time in vain;
And graven with diamonds in letter plain
There is written, her fair neck round about,
 Noli me tangere, for Caesar's I am,
 And wild for to hold, though I seem tame.
 (Sir Thomas Wyatt)











 Oh,Oh you will be sorry for that word!

 Give back my book and take my kiss instead.
 Was is my enemy or my friend I heard,
 "what a big book for such a little head!"
 Come, I will show you now my newest hat,
 And you may watch me purse my mouth and prink!

Oh I shall love you still, and all of that.
I never again shall tell you what I think.
 I shall be sweet and crafty, soft and sly;
You will not catch me reading any more:
 I shall be called a wife to pattern by;
And some day when you knock and push the door,
Some sane day, not too bright and not too stormy,
I shall be gone, and you may whistle for me.
( Edna St. Vicent Millay)






The Wife of Bath's Tale (extract)
Now it so happened, I began to say,
Long, long ago in good King Arthur's day,
There was a knight who was a lusty liver.
One day as he came riding from the river
He saw a maiden walking all forlorn
Ahead of him, alone as she was born.
And of that maiden, spite of all she said,
By very force he took her maidenhead.
This act of violence made such a stir,
So much petitioning to the king for her,
That he condemned the knight to lose his head
By course of law. He was as good as dead
(It seems that then the satutes took that view)
But that the queen, and other ladies too,
Implored the king to exercise his grace
So ceasellessly, he gave the queen the case
And granted her his life, and she could choose
Whether to show mercy or refuse.


I've chosen these poems because I think that they show different women being powerful so as to be and do whatever they want with men and with their lives.
The first woman is very coquette and encourages men to follow her because she enjoys her power over men and enjoys the way men try to get her love. She can do with them whatever she wants. That's why I've chosen that picture as it clearly shows a coquette women being followed by men.
The second woman enjoys reading and she will keep on doing it eventhough her husband doesn't want her to read. She is strong enough to confront with her husband and make him clear that she will pretend to be what he asks her to be but she will not stop reading. I've chosen these pictures because they show a woman with her husband (may be in a party) showing that they are a very happy couple, and then the other picture a woman alone reading and enjoying this activity.
The third woman is a queen and it is shown that  she has power on the king as he let her choose what to do with the knight. I like this  picture as it can represent the ladies and the queen dealing with the Knigth's case.