Poetry Analysis: My Lute Awake by Sir Thomas Wyatt
Introduction
Thomas Wyatt’s My Lute Awake is one of the major poetic works dominating the literary scene for decades. The poem presents an author who is relentlessly trying to win over his lover, but in despondency as he thinks he has lost her. Despite the fact that he is gradually losing hope of ever winning her heart back, he plays her the music nonetheless. On this note, the poem features a scorned band bitter suitor whose world seems to be caving in below in the face of rejection by his lover. The discussion will explore this thesis through a profound and riveting analysis of the various aspects that constitute the poem.