3. In the first sonnet of this section, Sidney was discussing the elements. For example, "dig so deepe" could imply the earth. "the raines of Love" was referring to rain, and the sentence that contains both "breathe out the flames which burne within my heart" is talking about air and fire. The word quintessence is alluding to the idea that there is a fifth element, which is love. Sidney is implying that love is simple, it is elemental. Is Sidney then also inferring that just like the other four elements love is necessary for life? Also, in the next sonnet Sidney is suggesting that the man that Stella is married to merely lusts her while Astrophil loves her. "And thus her heart escapes, but thus her eyes serve him with shot, her lips his heralds arre: her breasts his tents, legs his triumphall carre: her flesh his food, her skin his armour brave..." This line exemplifies both that her husband lusts while he loves, and also that these are purely physical reasons of love. In the next couple of sonnets Sidney is suggesting that love is somewhat similar to war. He does by comparing the Turkish people to the Christians who fought against each other in a war, or the French and the Dutch, etc.
4. In these particular sonnets, the way that Astrophil views Stella has definitely changed. Up until this section he hasn't really spoke of love in any other way than this amazing thing that can help him change his ways, that loving Stella brings him back up. Now, however, he is starting to realize that love has similarities with war, in that he realizes now that he has to fight for what he wants. His view of love is now much more realistic and he understands that loving someone is not always an easy thing to to do, it is not going to be perfect, he will have to work for it.
5. I found that this section does not support what I found in my research about Sidney as much as the others did. He does not have the positive outlook that he had on love before, he has started to become frustrated that Stella does not love him back and because of this many of his words have a negative connotation such as, "shame".
6. Sidney continues to stay true to his typical style, Petrarchan, and also using end rhyme. He still capitalizes words like "Stella" or "Love" and in addition to this he capitalizes: " Turkish", "Christian", "Poles", "Moscovy", "French", "Dutch", "Holland", "Orange", "Ulster", and "Scottishe". He does this both to stress them and to point out the idea that love is war.
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