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by Philip Sidney

Astrophel and Stella (now called Astrophil and Stella), which includes 108 sonnets and 11 songs, is the first in a long line of Elizabethan sonnet cycles. "Sonnet cycles" were so named because they incorporated linked sonnets that generally described the progressive rise and fall of a love…

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Posted By reena k #194983 at Aug 09, 2011 10:32 AM

discribe the astrophil and stella as love poem.

i am m.a previous english student, i have mannage a assignment of this topic in 5 to 6 pages, so u help me sir

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Posted By kiki l #171639 at Feb 28, 2011 10:44 PM

What are the implications of the representations of love and desire between Astrophil and Stella in the Eleventh Song?

What are the implications for the representations of love and desire of this exchange of perceptions and beliefs between Astrophil and Stella?
Or just the representations of love and desire between the two of them. I just really don't understand this song.
I feel like the 'well' that Stella puts in stanza 3 and 9 hint at hesitation and may give false hope to Astrophil but the rest of it seems really confusing. Anything or any idea would help to stimulate more thoughts. Thank you.

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Posted By robert s #41556 at Jun 15, 2007 8:36 PM

what is astrophil about?

can anyone summarize the plot for me?

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