| Front | Explore x3 'Noli me tangere for Cesars I ame And wylde for to hold though I seme tame' x6 (Thomas Wyatt's Whoso List to Hount) |
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| Back | •latinate reference addresses hunters with imperative 'don't touch me' - authoritative position, elevating beyond inferior rank as female •direct speech around her neck => she's labelled words she didn't choose (supported as Boleyn was wanton and wouldn't deter her admirers)•being 'wylde' (=>autonomous), she wouldn't identify herself as a possession, proposing masculine ideology of writer when stating 'Cesars I ame' •ends in half-rhyme + eye rhyme => not conclusive, no closure •'Cesars' high status, or foreboding C's death? (stabbed) •Syntax of 'Cesar' puts emphasis and priority to figure who would be central to subservient wife |
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