Understanding Sir Philip Sidney's 'Astrophel and Stella' Sonnet no 1 as Poem on Poetic Creation
Channel: AD's English Literature
Date: 2021-10-21

Understanding Sir Philip Sidney's 'Astrophel and Stella' Sonnet no 1 as Poem on Poetic Creation
Highlights-

What is Astrophil and Stella Sonnet 1 about?
What kind of sonnet is Astrophil and Stella 1?
What is the significance of Sidney's Astrophel and Stella?
What is the meter of Astrophil and Stella Sonnet 1?

#ADsEnglishLiterature#AstrophelandStella #wbbhse #cbse #ncert #baenglish #maenglishlecture Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586) is an English poet, courtier  and soldier.His life was a model of the ideal Renaissance gentleman, and whose devotion to poetry served as an inspiration for the future of English verse.

 Sidney's  best known  sonnet sequence Astrophel and Stella (1591) is  a sequence of 108 sonnets celebrating a hopeless love affair with Penelope  Devereux who subsequently became Rich instead of Sidney. His Sonnet no 1 'Loving in Truth' is an apology as well as text on poetic creation. this video lecture can be handy for reading and understanding this poem.

00:00 Intro
00:34 What is a sonnet?
01:37 Spenser and Sidney
02:21 What is meant by Astrophel and Stella?
04:10 An Apology for Poetry
04:49 Understanding the Poem 'Loving in Truth'
06:35 Permanence en route Creativity
09:32 Analysis of the text: Metre, Poetic Design
23:58 Conclusion and Couplet

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