Paper 1 Literature: Poetry Anthology Themes

Idealism

• Sonnet 116

• To His Coy Mistress

• La Belle Dame Sans Merci

• Whoso List to Hunt

Unattainable love

• Whoso List to Hunt

• At An Inn

• La Belle Sans Merci

Religious links to love

• The Garden of Love (religious repression)

• The Flea (religious repression and societal constraints on female sexuality)

Lust

• The Scrutiny

• The Flea

• To His Coy Mistress

• Non Sum Qualis (?)

The power of Memories over Love

• Remember

• At An Inn

• Non Sum Qualis