| Front | Significance of the conceit 'deer'? x4 (Thomas Wyatt's Whoso List to Hunt) |
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| Back | •Greek and Roman mythology goddess of hunting and virginity, Diana, accompanied by a deer - a moral resistance is implied •A deer was the property of the King and to hunt it without permission resulted in execution => in a practical, legal sense he can't have her - echoing the theme of forbidden love in the extended metaphor •Horns or antlers commonly symbolised cuckoldry •Deer hunting was seen as resistance to tyranny – protest against aristocracy’s claim to the forests and food within it •May be giving her a high status as mythologically Diana made her deer golden |
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