Relationships In George Gascoigne's For That He Looked Not Upon Her

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Throughout the history of poetry the theory and idea of relationships have been a prominent themes within poems. The idea of love was romanticized and exaggerated to create a more thrilling and entertaining piece of literature. However, in George Gascoigne’s poem For That He Looked Not Upon Her, he conveys the somber ending of a relationship. This idea contrasts from existing poems written in the sixteenth-century and develops into a uniquely dreary poem. In “For That He looked Not Upon Her” George Gascoigne utilizes the form of a lyrical sonnet, a melodic diction, and symbolism to further depict the conclusive feelings of his relationship with this younger woman. George Gascoigne’s poem’s form of a sonnet, and also a lyric creates a rhythmic

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