Analysis Of For He Look Not Upon Her By George Gascoigne

Heartbreak is an experience and emotion that mankind has faced forever. In the poem For He Looked Not Upon Her , George Gascoigne writes his sixteenth century sonnet about a speaker who cannot face his ex lover. The speaker of the poem speaks with an attitude that expresses exhaustion with the games of love all while recognizing the trustless beauty of his ex. George Gascoigne was born in 1539 in Cardington, United Kingdom as the son of Sir John Gascoigne. His father was a landowner and a successful farmer. George is said to have been educated at Trinity College in Cambridge. George’s life ended up being full of mishaps and he ended up going to prison for his debt, He tried to farm like his father and was very unsuccessful. George and his

George Gascoigne himself seemed an interesting man by the fact that he experienced a lot of different lifestyles of being a soldier, farmer, a member of british parliament, and finally a writer. Also, I find the poem particular interesting because it’s very relatable. I’ve found that beauty is a very easy thing to fall for, and once you make an attempt to follow with it a lot bullshit occurs that you don’t think about. But what I find quite more interesting is the style of the poem. The poem is a traditional sonnet with 14 lines and an ending couplet. It also has an iambic pentameter. This interest me because it looks just like a Shakespearean sonnet that we discussed about in class. Finally, the rhyming couplet at the end of the poem is interesting. “ So that I wink or else hold down my head, Because your blazing eyes my bale have bred.” lines 13-14. This line especially stands out to me because it shows a lot of emotion that the speaker feels. It shows how the girl has made him suffer through the temptations of her beauty. I like the use of the word bale. I was unfamiliar with this use of bale because it was used differently in the 1500s. This bale means evil suffered; physical torment or mental suffering. I find all these things very interesting about the subject of the