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TO QUEEN ELIZABETH Sujod Adel . Dr. Iman Hammad .

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TO QUEEN

ELIZABETH

Sujod Adel .Dr. Iman Hammad.

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TO QUEEN ELIZABETH

One of lyric poems written by Sir Walter

Raleigh wrote to queen Elizabeth (his

beloved) a lot of poems and this is one of his famous

poems which is called “silent lover“

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TO QUEEN ELIZABETHWalter Raleigh represents the courtly love

themes in this poem ,which is one of the common themes in the “Renaissance-age”

Walter Raleigh the lover of queen “Elizabeth” gives the reasons of his silence

and expresses his great love to her ,but because “Elizabeth” is so high above him

and because of his duty to her ,he must suffer knowing that she will never return

his affections or love, so that the relationship will remain platonic .

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OUR PASSIONS ARE MOST LIKE TO FLOODS AND STREAMS,THE SHALLOW MURMUR, BUT THE DEEP ARE DUMB.

Raleigh starts giving logical reason of silence. He begins with a simile comparingpassions(love) to stream and floodsSimile:

Like……… التشبيه أداة مشبهHis passion or love……… Vehicle

به Streams and floods ……….. tenorمشبه

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Our passion consists of two parts exactly as the flood ,which consist

of the shallow and the bottom.

The shallow always murmurs (babble or speak )

The bottom(deep water) is always silent

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THE SHALLOW LIKE SUITORS OR LOVERS OF ELIZABETH WITH A SHALLOW FEELING ALWAYS BABBLE BY COMPLAINING THEIR LOVE

THE BOTTOM LIKE SUITORS OR LOVERS OF Elizabeth with a deep feeling who are always silent ( Raleigh considers himself as one of them ,so that he dose not complain

his love to her )

(deep water)

shallow

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Raleigh justifies his silence that he was been quiet about his love because his love is deep and because of his great amount of his love (no words can explain

his love ) .

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The deep are dumb………….. Personification

dumb: one who can’t speak . (deep water as a person who can’t speak )

/ dumb word concerns with human being . the shallow symbol of a lover with shallow

feelings . The deep water symbol of a lover with

deep feelings . Shallow/ deep……… are opposites .Murmur/ dumb………… are opposites .He uses two opposites in a one sentence

to exaggerate the meaning .It’s one of the rhetorical devices which

uses opposites to convey meanings .

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So, when affections yield discourse, it

seemsThe bottom is but

shallow whence they come.

They that are rich in words must needs

discoverThat they are poor

in which makes a lover .

Raleigh explains that when he

joins a discourse, his words seem the bottom, but in fact, they are the shallow. He

can’t find any words which are

fitting with his feeling.

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His words are poor and rich . Rich because it is full of meanings that

need to discover . Poor because it can’t give the correct feeling ,so the clever talker is actually shallow and silence will be a better

option than talk .His words rich and poor……….

Oxymoron .

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Wrong not, dear empress of my heart ,

The merit of true passionWith thinking that he feels no smart That sues for no compassion;Since, if my plaints serve not to prove The conquest of your beauty ,

They come not from defect of love But from excess of duty.

Walter urge Elizabeth to not misunderstand his silence by reducing his love for her because he does not ask for her compassion and he does not complain his love. He is feels the pain (smart) of her un-returned affections, but he doesn't beg her to change because of his duty .

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He remmbers that he was an adviser and a guard to the Queen. His duty is to serve her not to court her. He is not silent about his love for her because he doesn't love her, he is silent because he could not win her with his words(she is so high above him), and his duty prevents him from trying.Dear empress of my heart, he uses the calling manner in order to court her.

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For knowing that I sue to serve

A saint of such perfection

As all desire, yet none deserve ,

A place in her affection,I rather choose to want

relief Than venture the

revealing;When glory

recommends the greif, Despair distrusts the

healing .

He serves the perfectly woman. No man can have

her and no man could deserve her. She is

perfect and all would want to accept her love,

yet none of them will ever have it. Instead of

complaining, or getting relief by expressing his emotions to her (which

would be the selfish thing to do), he takes glory in

the amount of grief he suffers by keeping his

feelings to himself. His point is that he is being heroic, brave, and self-

less by not declaring his love for her .

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Despair (personification) despair is a sick person who doesn’t expect his healing.

Elizabeth (metaphor) like a saint .

A place in her affection (metaphor) her affection is a place which no one deserves

a seat in there .

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Those desires that aim too high

For any mortal Lover ,When reason cannot

make them die Discretion doth them

cover.Yet, when discretion

doth bereave The plaints that they

should utter ,Then your discretion

may perceive That silence is the best

suitor .

If Elizabeth loves someone, it will be a miracle, because that is too high for any mortal

lover .He explains that when a man wants a woman he can’t have, discretion or silence will cover his emotions so that no one would know but you are clever that you can know the silence is the best suitor.

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Silence in love bewrays more woe

Than words, though ne'er so witty;

A beggar that is dumb, you know ,

Deserveth double pitty .The misconceive not,

dearest heart ,My true though secret

passion;He smarteth most that

hides his smart And sues for no

compassion

bewrays (betray/ reveal).Deserveth (deserves).

smarteth( (hurts).Silence, speaks louder than words. Actually,

Raleigh argues, he should be pitied doubly just like a beggar who cannot speak. She should have mercy on him because the depth of his love for her prevents him for declaring it. He

asks for her understanding. His secret

passion is stronger than all of her other suitors, he

suffers with his feelings, and he doesn't beg for her

understanding or compassion .

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*Silence betrays more woe (personification) silence is a one who betrays secrets.

(*dearest heart ) he uses a calling manner to

court her .

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*The poem consists of 5

stanzas.*Rhyme scheme:

ab ab cd cd.

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:-Question :

Is writing five stanzas of poetry on how his passion is secret, actually keeping his emotion to himself and suffering with unreturned love without relief or help?In another way, do you trust the writer? Why? Give your evidence.

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No, I don’t trust the writer because :• *Writing five stanzas of poetry about his

secret

love is too much (he wants to reveal his secret).

*He courts her by using the calling manners twice (dearest heart, dear empress of my heart) he courts her and forgets his duty .

*He starts with a comparison between two kinds of lovers to show her that he is her best rival .

*A bigger is dumb deserves double pity (he means himself, so he begs for her pity and compassion, this is opposed to what he said).

*He said “a silence is a suitor” he means that he is a suitor, so he doesn’t care for his duty as he declared before .