It is even see that by Wyatt's own administrations and verses of speech he was deemed disloyal to the crown and was sent to the tower himself, this is clearly illustrated in the final stanza, for it is not what is first believed to be the suffering of many but his suffering that has sent him to the tower.
It must also be remembered that where there is art there will also be undercurrents that are reflected in the art. The greater the constraints placed on political criticism and free speech the greater the number of hidden means that may be found. If we look at other poems by the same author there are political statements made in them of the contemporary time. It should also be remembered that at this time the monarchy of the country was absolute. In a different poem "They Flee From Me," the author is looking at the events surrounding Anne Boleyln, where she has fallen from favor.
This was not only a matter of the heart and the failure to produce a suitable male air, but also a political statement. Royal marriages were matters of political expediency. The former Queen was executed in the sight of the poet, and as such we may see a refection of this in the current poem. " the Bell Tower showed me such sight," in reality it was a tower, but the Tower of London was not a bell tower, yet it was a bell that would declare the time, that can be used for the marking of time towards death. The Tower of London was known for the way in which it would hold those to be...
" James a.S. McPeek further blames Jonson for this corruption: "No one can read this dainty song to Celia without feeling that Jonson is indecorous in putting it in the mouth of such a thoroughgoing scoundrel as Volpone." Shelburne asserts that the usual view of Jonson's use of the Catullan poem is distorted by an insufficient understanding of Catullus' carmina, which comes from critics' willingness to adhere to a conventional -- yet incorrect
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