“Whoso List to Hunt,” by Thomas Wyatt, uses language, such as metaphors and alliterations to explore the different meaning of a hunter pursuing a female deer. The despair deepens as the speaker talks about his hunt; however, this passage is not very strict about the problem resolution structure. In the seventh line, the speaker state that he will “leave off” implying that the speaker will once again leave his hunt. The speaker stops pursuing the deer because the deer for which he is hunting is impossible to catch, stated in lines seven to eight, “since in a net I seek to hold the wind.” This is what the passage shows, vivid imagery that allows the readers to clearly see the speakers emotional state.
In the lines nine to ten the speaker states, “I leave off therefore, since in a net I…show more content… As stated earlier, it shows where the speaker is emotional about his hunt. This line is saying that whoever may hunt this woman will spend him time in vain like he has. At this point in the passage Wyatt is expressing a personal disappointment and weariness in the great chase, while still admiring an objective that has both dodged him and is now possessed by someone else. This line shows that the speaker is aware that the fair lady he has been hunting is off limits.
Even more interesting is how the difference in punctuation contributes to the overall tone of the poem. In lines seven to ten, the lines ended with a comas and colons, making it known that the readers need to go on with the passage. The pauses that appear in these lines cause the readers to read the lines in a steady manner, allowing the readers to thoroughly finish one line before moving on to the next one. This allows the readers to complete one thought before moving on to their next thought. By having these pauses in the lines helps readers to imagine what the speaker is trying to
