1. A loss of self mastery
... the women's mind and soul as she is in an unconscious state; that being the state of dreaming. A third example of a metaphor is in the third stanza. It is here that the protagonist is struck by cupid's arrow and the line speaks of Venus Queene of love "adding fire to burning hearts which she did hold above". (pg. 25). The comparison being the "burning hearts ... the heart by cupid's arrow. Moreover, she has no control over her mind, body or soul in this passage, as she has now been physically taken over by the emotion of love. By comparing love to fire or burning, it becomes negative, b...
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