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Verb Explore X4 I Meanes Weried Mynde Drawe

Front Explore: x4
'Yet may I by no meanes, my weried mynde
Drawe from the Deere, bus as she fleeth afore'
(Thomas Wyatt's Whoso List to Hount)
Back •modal verb 'may' alludes to his sense of external locus of control, like a trancendental authority determines his fate => feeling of helplessness
•'weried' verb repeated in adjective form => establishes tone of mood
• 'fleeth' confirms he is a threat as she tries to escape to safety from men
•enjambment adds emphasis to next line word 'faynting' 

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