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Poet Sir Thomas Wyatt 1503–1542
POET’S REGION England
SCHOOL / PERIOD Renaissance
Subjects Relationships, Love, Desire, Infatuation & Crushes
Biography
Born in Kent, England, Sir Thomas Wyatt was an ambassador to France and Italy for King Henry VIII. Wyatt’s travels abroad exposed him to different forms of poetry, which he adapted for the English language — most notably, the sonnet. Rumored to be Anne Boleyn’s lover, he spent a month in the Tower of London until Boleyn’s execution for adultery. Many consider his poem “Whoso List to Hunt” to be about . . .
Poems by Thomas Wyatt
Poem Categorization
SUBJECT Relationships, Love, Desire, Infatuation & Crushes
POET’S REGION England
SCHOOL / PERIOD Renaissance
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