An Explanation of Edmund Spenser's Amoretti Sonnet LXVII Edmund Spenser's Sonnet LXVII is one of the most famous and artistically accomplished poems in the Amoretti sequence. It stands as a pivotal moment in the narrative, marking a definitive shift from the poet's long and arduous courtship to the happy, mutual acceptance of love. The sonnet's enduring power comes from its central, beautifully executed metaphor of a hunter and his prey, which Spenser uses to challenge traditional notions of romantic conquest. Here is the sonnet for reference: Like as a huntsman after weary chace, 1 Seeing the game from him escapèd quite, Sits down to rest him in some shady place, 2 With lank and weery limbs all spent with might. Yet after being to his rest a space, The gentle Deere, so soone as she him spies, Forgetting all her feare and former flight, Comes to her selfe, and to his hand replies. This gentle Deere, thus weary of her wildness, comes to me, with a lowly looke full lo...
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