The lines in the poem “Astrophil and Stella” which indicates that the poetic speaker is hopelessly in love are:
1. “And pleas’d with our soft peace, stayed here his flying race.”
2. “Where with most ease and warmth he might employ his art:”
3. “Deceiv’d the quaking boy, who thought from so pure light”
4. “But she most fair, most cold, made him thence take his flight To my close heart, where while some firebrands he did lay,”
5. “He burnt un’wares his wings, and cannot fly away.”
Sir Phillip Sydney wrote the sequence of sonnets “Astrophil and Stella” which has been inspired by his relationship with Lady Penelope. It is a sequence of poems which marks the development of Astrophil's love for Stella. He is deeply in love with Stella and describes her beauty, intelligence, and wisdom in the sonnets.
B. He wants to communicate directly with the readers
The correct option is c) “Parallelism”
Parallelism is a writing device used to add information using the same pattern and grammar structure. In this sentence the same pattern preposition+ noun is used. The examples are: “in the summer” and “on holidays”
Option A) “repetition epistrophe” is incorrect since it repeats the same word or phrase at the end of successive verses.
Option B) “repetition anaphora” is incorrect since it repeats the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive verses.
Option D) “repetition anadiplosis” is incorrect since it repeats the same word or phrase at the end of a verse and at the beginning of the next one.
