Summary Of For That He Seen Not Upon Her By George Gascoigne

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Sixteenth-Century poet George Gascoigne applies images and emphasized diction in his poem "For That He Looked Not upon Her" to convey the speaker's complex attitude toward the woman he cannot look in the face. In the poem, Gascoigne portrays the speaker's gloomy and betrayed attitude through his use of a sonnet style of writing, as well as his use of an "ABAB" rhyme scheme with a rhyming couplet at the end. This style of writing supports the speaker's defense of his actions. Even the rhyming continues to emphasize his thoughts and actions. For example, his use of rhyme, like "Fire and Desire", show how his betrayal has fueled him up so much that he can't get the feeling of her out of his head. Her eyes are a misery to him, his attitude continues