Ga ƙaunarta ta kullum

Waƙar Isabella Whitney ta ƙarni na 16 "Ga ƙaunatacciyar ƙaunatacciya" ita ce ta farko a cikin littafinta na farko The Copy of a Letter, Lately Written in Meter by a Young Gentlewoman: to her Unconstant Lover (1567). Mai magana shine Whitney kanta, wanda shine, kamar yadda taken waka ya nuna, yana rubutu ga ƙaunatacciyar ƙaunatacciya, ko ƙaunataccicciyar ƙaunarta.

 Aure mai zuwa na masoyin Whitney 
Whitney ta fara ne ta hanyar gaya wa masoyinta cewa ta san cewa zai yi aure, duk da sirrinsa: "kamar yadda kuka ci gaba da bikin aurensu". Whitney tana canzawa tsakanin magana a matsayin mai son da aka watsar, yana tunatar da shi abin da ya ɓace ta hanyar watsar da ita, da kuma aiki a matsayin mai ba da shawara. Whitney ta gaya masa, "kun san ina son ku yi maraba da shi", kuma tana fatan cewa Allah zai aiko masa da "kyakkyawan Wyfe"; duk da haka, ta ba da shawarar cewa idan yana son ta dawo, zai iya samun ta.

 Bayyanawa ga tatsuniyoyin Helenawa 
Whitney ya lura da mutane masu cin amana da yawa daga tatsuniyoyin Helenawa, ciki har da Sinon (wanda ya shawo kan Troy" id="mwFg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Troy">Trojans su kawo Doki na Trojan cikin birni, don haka ya haifar da faduwar Troy), Aeneas (wanda ya watsar da ƙaunataccen Dido), Theseus (wanda ya bar Ariadne), da Jason (wanda ya watsi da Medea, bayan ta ceci ransa a lokuta da yawa). 

Whitney ta karfafa masoyinta ya kasance ba kamar waɗannan maza ba, amma kamar Troilus, wanda ya mutu da aminci yana ƙaunar Criseyde. Bayan Whitney ta yi jerin sunayen maza marasa aminci, sai ta yi magana game da kyawawan halaye da take fatan matar ƙaunatacciyarta za ta yi, don kada ya yi nadama game da shawarar da ya yanke. Tana fatan matar nan za ta kasance da: kyawun Helen, kamunkai da ladabi irin na Penelope, jajircewa da amana irin ta Lucres, da kuma ƙauna ta gaskiya irin ta Thisbe.

Whitney ta gaya wa masoyinta cewa banda kyawun Helen, tana da dukan waɗannan halaye. Abu guda da take fata tana da shi shine baiwar hasashen abubuwan da za su faru irin ta Cassandra, domin ta san ko shi ne zai gamu da rashin sa'a ko ita.

 Shawarwarin dangantaka ga ƙaunatacciyar 
Kodayake Whitney a bayyane take jin an watsar da ita, tana ɗaukar matsayi mai tsawo ta hanyar yin fatan ƙaunatacciyarta mafi kyau, da kuma ba shi shawara game da dangantaka. Ta kammala waka, ko wasika, a matsayin mace mai ɗabi'a, kuma ba wanda aka azabtar ba.

 Manazarta 

 Gidauniyar Waƙoƙi
 Gaskiya A Fayil Aboki ga Waƙoƙin Burtaniya kafin 1600.