Whoso+List+to+Hunt

By Anisha Vrk  **Title:** Whoso List to Hunt **Author:** Sir Thomas Wyatt **Distinguishable poetic devices/Style:** a fourteen-line poem with a fixed format and rhyme scheme **Historical Period/Influence:** Sir Thomas Wyatt never published his poems, several, including "Whoso List to Hunt," appeared in the 1557 edition of the printer Richard Tottel's Songs and Sonnets **Character/Relationship:** A deer and a Royal who owns the land the deer is on. Scholars generally believe that the poem is an allegory referring to Anne Boleyn's courtship by King Henry VIII. **Setting/Plot**: The deer as royal property not to be hunted by others, he is acknowledging that Anne has become the property of the King alone. **Thematic Observations:** Wyatt demonstrated that sonnets could explore more than unrequited love.