From Pamphilia to Amphilanthus

by
Lady Mary Wroth

Presented by:
Intan Kusumawardhani
Leni Wahyuningsih

ORIGINAL VERSION

From Pam philia to A m philantus

When night's blacke Mantle could most
darknesse prove,
And sleepe (deaths Image) did my senses
hyre,
From Knowledge of my selfe, then thoughts did
move
Swifter then those, most swiftnesse neede
require.
In sleepe, a Chariot drawne by wing'd Desire,
I saw; where sate bright Venus Queene of

But one heart flaming more then all the rest,

The Goddesse held, and put it to my breast,
"Deare Sonne now shoot," said she: "thus must
we winne;
He her obey'd, and martyr'd my poore heart.
I waking hop'd as dreames it would depart,
Yet since, O me, a Lover I have beene.
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EDITED VERSION

From Pamphilia to Amphilantus

When nights black Mantle could most darkness

prove, (a)
And sleep (deaths Image) did my senses hire, (b)
From Knowledge of myself, then thoughts did
move, (a)
Swifter then those, most swiftness need require.
(b)
In sleep, a Chariot drawn by winged Desire, (a)
I saw; where sate bright Venus Queen of Love,
(b)
And at her feet, her Son, still adding Fire (a)
To burning hearts, which she did hold above, (b)
But one heart flaming more than all the rest, (c)
The Goddess held, and put it to my breast, (c)

PARAPHRASE

From Pamphilia to Amphilanthus

When nights black Mantle could most darkness prove and
sleep (deaths Image) did my senses hire from Knowledge of
myself, then thoughts did move swifter then those, most
swiftness need require.
In sleep, a Chariot drawn by winged Desire I saw; where
sate bright Venus Queen of Love and at her feet, her Son, still
adding Fire to burning hearts, which she did hold above, But
one heart flaming more than all the rest, The Goddess held
and put it to my breast, Dear Son now shoot, said she: thus
must we win; He her obeyed and martyred my poor heart.
I waking hoped as dreams it would depart, yet since, O me,
a Lover I have been.

Interpretatio
n

This poem tells about how a grief or sadness

is proven and the death persons whom close
with the speaker makes her sadness
worsened than usual.
In her sleep, she has a dream which is very
beautiful like in the fairy tale. She describes
it as Venus, the queen of love, asks a man to
shoot a heart that she hold. That heart is the
speakers heart. It takes a pity on the
speakers poor heart.
Then she is awake and hopes that the
dream will come true. She hopes she will live
happily ever after with her lover she has.

BIOGRAPHY

Lady Mary Wroth (1587-1653)

The eldest daughter of Sir Robert Sidney

and Lady Barbara Gamage.
They were well-known patrons of the
arts.
Around 1599, she married to Sir Robert
Wroth, the son of a wealthy Essex
landowner, in 1604.
Both are known to have been unhappy
with the union, partly because of Mary
Wroth's long-term affair with her cousin
William Herbert, third Earl of Pembroke.
By 1613 Wroth had begun her writing
career, and apparently her poetry
circulated in manuscript form years
before its publication in 1621.

BIOGRAPHY
Robert Wroth died in 1614, leaving his wife with
a month-old son and a 23,000 debt.
In 1616, their child died, and Wroth's
circumstances worsened because much of her
husband's estate went to his uncle, John Wroth.
She moved into William Herbert's London home,
Baynard's Castle, and bore him two children,
William and Catherine.
Wroth died in 1653, and no literary works survive
from the last thirty years of her life.
(http://
www.enotes.com/lady-mary-wroth-criticism/wrot
h-lady-mary-78918
)

BACKGROUND
KNOWLEDGE
They followed Catholicism and
patriarchy system.
a Greek woman's virtue to
remain faithful under all
circumstances.
women were taught to honor
their husbands according.
Though Paul also stressed that
husbands should honor their
wives, this was easily forgotten in
a world in which women were
property.

VERSIFICATIO
N
Consists of 14 lines and only
delivered in one stanza.
Therefore, it belongs to sonnet.
The theme, that is love story or
romance.
However, the poem does not use
the usual pattern of rhyme in
sonnet, which is: abbaabba
cdcdee, Wroth had her favorite

TONE

The tone is romantic, which is shown by

the love emotional feeling from Pamphilia
to Amphilantus. One factor that makes
this sonnet feels different from others is
that the speaker is female. Normally, the
speaker of sonnet is man, whom says love
to female.

SYMBOLISM
- nights black Mantle: grief, sorrow
- sleep (deaths Image): death person
- Knowledge of myself: what has already
known by someone
- thoughts: something that ones believe
- Chariot: life; train in the old era
- winged Desire: a desire that is hard to
be reached
- sate bright Venus Queen of Love: the
coming of love in somebodys heart

IMAGERY

Pamphilia (means all-loving)

Amphilanthus (means lover of two)
this poem recounts the adventures of Pamphilia,
Queen of Pamphilia, and her lover Amphilanthus,
interspersing many incidental stories of women
disappointed in love, particularly as a result of
their being married by their families to the wrong
man.
From the title, it is possible if the poem was
written as the reflection of the authors life. Wroth
reflected her life story with the Pamphilias story.

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
* Personification: thoughts did
move swifter; nights black
Mantle could most darkness
prove.
* Metaphor: Venus Queen of Love.
* Hyperbole: sleep (deaths
Image); winged Desire; heart
flaming.