From Pamphilia to Amphilanthusby

Lady Mary Wroth

Presented by:Intan Kusumawardhani

Leni Wahyuningsih

ORIGINAL VERSION

From Pamphilia to Amphilantus

When night's blacke Mantle could most darknesse prove,

And sleepe (deaths Image) did my senses hyre,

From Knowledge of my selfe, then thoughts did move

Swifter then those, most swiftnesse neede require.

In sleepe, a Chariot drawne by wing'd Desire,I saw; where sate bright Venus Queene of

Love,And at her feete her Sonne, still adding FireTo burning hearts, which she did hold above,

But one heart flaming more then all the rest,The Goddesse held, and put it to my breast,"Deare Sonne now shoot," said she: "thus must

we winne;“He her obey'd, and martyr'd my poore heart.I waking hop'd as dreames it would depart,Yet since, O me, a Lover I have beene.( www.allpoetry.com )

EDITED VERSION

From Pamphilia to Amphilantus

When night’s black Mantle could most darkness prove, (a)

And sleep (deaths Image) did my senses hire, (b)From Knowledge of myself, then thoughts did

move, (a)Swifter then those, most swiftness need require.

(b)In sleep, a Chariot drawn by winged Desire, (a)I saw; where sate bright Venus Queen of Love,

(b)And at her feet, her Son, still adding Fire (a)To burning hearts, which she did hold above, (b)But one heart flaming more than all the rest, (c)The Goddess held, and put it to my breast, (c)‘Dear Son now shoot,’ said she: ‘thus must we

win;’ (d)He her obeyed, and martyred my poor heart.(e)I waking hoped as dreams it would depart, (e)Yet since, O me, a Lover I have been. (d)

PARAPHRASE

From Pamphilia to AmphilanthusWhen night’s black Mantle could most darkness

prove and sleep (deaths Image) did my senses hire from Knowledge of myself, then thoughts did move swifter then those, most swiftness need require.

In sleep, a Chariot drawn by winged Desire I saw; where sate bright Venus Queen of Love and at her feet, her Son, still adding Fire to burning hearts, which she did hold above, But one heart flaming more than all the rest, The Goddess held and put it to my breast, ‘Dear Son now shoot,’ said she: ‘thus must we win;’ He her obeyed and martyred my poor heart.

I waking hoped as dreams it would depart, yet since, O me, a Lover I have been.

InterpretationThis poem tells about how a grief or sadness is

proven and the death persons whom close with the speaker makes her sadness worsened than usual.

In her sleep, she has a dream which is very beautiful like in the fairy tale. She describes it as Venus, the queen of love, asks a man to shoot a heart that she hold. That heart is the speaker’s heart. It takes a pity on the speaker’s poor heart.

Then she is awake and hopes that the dream will come true. She hopes she will live happily ever after with her lover she has.

Lady Mary Wroth (1587-1653)

The eldest daughter of Sir Robert Sidney and Lady Barbara Gamage.

They were well-known patrons of the arts.

Around 1599, she married to Sir Robert Wroth, the son of a wealthy Essex landowner, in 1604.

Both are known to have been unhappy with the union, partly because of Mary Wroth's long-term affair with her cousin William Herbert, third Earl of Pembroke.

By 1613 Wroth had begun her writing career, and apparently her poetry circulated in manuscript form years before its publication in 1621.

BIOGRAPHY

BIOGRAPHY Robert Wroth died in 1614, leaving his wife with

a month-old son and a £23,000 debt. In 1616, their child died, and Wroth's

circumstances worsened because much of her husband's estate went to his uncle, John Wroth.

She moved into William Herbert's London home, Baynard's Castle, and bore him two children, William and Catherine.

Wroth died in 1653, and no literary works survive from the last thirty years of her life.

(http://www.enotes.com/lady-mary-wroth-criticism/wroth-lady-mary-78918)

BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE

They followed Catholicism and patriarchy system.

a Greek woman's virtue to remain faithful under all circumstances.

women were taught to honor their husbands according.

Though Paul also stressed that husbands should honor their wives, this was easily forgotten in a world in which women were property.

VERSIFICATION

• Consists of 14 lines and only delivered in one stanza. Therefore, it belongs to sonnet.

• The theme, that is love story or romance.• However, the poem does not use the usual

pattern of rhyme in sonnet, which is: abbaabba cdcdee, Wroth had her favorite rhyme pattern, abab abab ccdeed.

TONE

The tone is romantic, which is shown by the love emotional feeling from Pamphilia to Amphilantus. One factor that makes this sonnet feels different from others is that the speaker is female. Normally, the speaker of sonnet is man, whom says love to female.

- night’s black Mantle: grief, sorrow- sleep (deaths Image): death person- Knowledge of myself: what has already

known by someone- thoughts: something that ones believe- Chariot: life; train in the old era- winged Desire: a desire that is hard to

be reached- sate bright Venus Queen of Love: the

coming of love in somebody’s heart

SYMBOLISM

IMAGERY

Pamphilia (means “all-loving”) Amphilanthus (means “lover of two”) this poem recounts the adventures of Pamphilia,

Queen of Pamphilia, and her lover Amphilanthus, interspersing many incidental stories of women disappointed in love, particularly as a result of their being married by their families to the wrong man.

From the title, it is possible if the poem was written as the reflection of the author’s life. Wroth reflected her life story with the Pamphilia’s story.

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

* Personification: thoughts did move swifter; night’s black Mantle could most darkness prove.

* Metaphor: Venus Queen of Love.

* Hyperbole: sleep (deaths Image); winged Desire; heart flaming.