“Whoso List to Hunt” is about love; its speaker describes love as a desperate and violent pursuit, in which a man attempts to hunt down the woman he loves.

The dominant theme of the poem is the rejection of love. However, the poet also presents themes such as appearance vs reality, transience, cruelty, apathy, and ...

The poem speaks of a hunt for a deer which is unsuccessful. The hunt mentioned in the poem is an extended metaphor for the speaker's pursuit of romantic desire.

The woman in “Whoso List to Hunt” finds a glimpse of freedom in the ability to flee from one man's grasp, even if she works under the control of another man.

Dec 1, 2023 · The poem opens with a question to the reader, asking who enjoys the hunt, and pointing out that the poet knows a worthy hind (female deer).

Jul 20, 2015 · The speaker addresses the world, claiming that if anyone should choose ('list') to go hunting, the speaker knows of a hind (female deer), but the speaker must ...

Oct 15, 2012 · 'Whoso list to hunt' is a question that asks whoever wishes to hunt because he knows a 'hind' worth hunting.

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“Whoso List to Hunt,” the first sonnet in English, is a loose interpolation of Petrarch's Sonnet 190, which romanticizes courtly love.

Aug 10, 2009 · The poet is now addressing an individual and closing in on the emotional quarry, the desire and failure of his own hunt for a particular woman.