Loving in Truth, and Fain in Verse to Show | Sir Philip Sidney | Introduction, Structure, Summary and Conclusion -- englit.in
Q: Explain critically Sidney’s poem “Loving in truth, and fain in my verse to show”. Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586) was a famous English poet, and he was also well-known for his Astrophel and Stella (sonnet sequence), a treatise, The Defence of Poesy and a pastoral romance, The Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia. However, he writes, “ Loving in truth, and fain in Verse my love to show ” in the 1580s which was from his collection of “ Astrophel and Stella ”. The poem was first published in 1582 . In the course of the poem, the poet, Sir Philip Sidney is Astrophel , expresses his passionate love for Stella (Lady Penelope). The poem expresses Astrophel’s longing for Stella’s affection and laments her indifference. Sidney’s poem “ Loving in truth, and fain in Verse my love to show ” contains fourteen lines with Iambic Hexameter. It follows ABAB ABAB CDCD EE rhyme-scheme. The poem can be divided with an octave and a sestet, because it is a Petrarchan sonnet . In English sonnets, I