UNDERSTANDING SIDNEY:
Astrophil and Stella
Robert A. Albano
MERCURYE PRESS
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UNDERSTANDING SIDNEY:
Astrophil and Stella
Robert A. Albano
First Printing: November 2016
All Rights Reserved © 2016 by Robert A. Albano
This book may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, or by any information storage retrieval system, without the written permission of the publisher.
The Sonnets and Songs, however, are in the public domain and may be copied without permission.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
7 Sir Phillip Sidney
10 The Real-Life Models for Astrophil and Stella
12 Rhyme and Meter
15 Structure
17 Similes, Symbolism, and Characterization Analyses of Selected Poems:
19 Sonnet 1
23 Sonnet 2
25 Sonnet 5
28 Sonnet 6
30 Sonnet 7
33 Sonnet 10
36 Sonnet 16
38 Sonnet 18
41 Sonnet 31
44 Sonnet 39
48 Sonnet 45
51 Sonnet 71
53 A Note on the Songs
54 Sonnet 87
56 Sonnet 108
59 Astrophel and Stella
(complete, taken from Grosart’s 1877 edition)
Understanding Sidney