Natalie Meyers Hidden Heart and Astophils Astohpil and Stella Essay

Natalie MeyersHidden Heart and Astophils Astohpil and StellaLonging to bleed my love into words that stain his heart,That in my wound he take, delight that has no wearDelight may light a fire, of burning thoughts to start,To fan the flame of pity, would help to spark his c be, dire to show my sorrow with words equal to art.Searching round the depths for lucid language, fair,The force behind my mind locked round a solid part.Some fast ideas seeped, through and through my reason with a tear,But whisked into a wind, that twirled them in a haze,And dizzy fog that blurs my head into a stare,Becomes a source of strength to subvert my callous gaze.Frustration takes a dive, and offers me a dare,A new voice (not my own), calls me from within,Write with your heart not head and now I can begin.The look to ScribeThe desire to express ones feelings can be a complicated and stressful task. In the detached imitation poem, Hidden Heart, by Natalie Meyers, a young woman expresses the frustration she experiences when trying to issue her loved one. Likewise, the first sequence of Sir Philip Sydneys sonnet, Astrophil and Stella, explores one mans struggle to write from his heart and eliminate the yearning to select the perfect words for a letter written to his love, Stella. Both Astrophil and Meyers are distraught over what to assign and how to say it. Since Hidden Heart is an imitation of Sydneys sonnet, some(prenominal) parallels can be drawn between their common theme, word choice, and form. The Hidden Hearts theme of free expression, its diction, and structure, must be compared and contrasted with intertextual references from Astrophil and Stella, in order to effectively analyze it.Throughout the poem, Natalie ... ...each a resolution by the end of the poem. Both meter and rhyme are very essential in building a solid, yet fluid structure to each poem. Hidden Heart mirrors Astrophil and Stella in many ways, but contains several unique qualities as well. Natalies account was based on face-to-face experience, where Astrophil is a character creation of Sir Philip Sydney. The similarities and differences of the theme, diction, and structure helped enrich both poems without cheapening them. Overall, both emphasize the importance of writing with ones heart to convey true emotion instead of agonizing over the literary quality of a personal letter. Also, the stylistic aspects of each poem carefully wove in a tone that contributed to their personality. With all of these attributes combine, Natalie and Sydney demonstrate the value found in linking two poems together through imitation.