Why so pale and wan fond lover? by Sir John Suckling

Why so pale and wan fond lover?

      Prithee why so pale?

Will, when looking well can’t move her,

      Looking ill prevail?

      Prithee why so pale?

Why so dull and mute young sinner?

      Prithee why so mute?

Will, when speaking well can’t win her,

      Saying nothing do’t?

      Prithee why so mute?

Quit, quit for shame, this will not move,

      This cannot take her;

If of herself she will not love,

      Nothing can make her;

      The devil take her.

Analysis

In Sir John Suckling's "Why so pale and wan fond lover?," two men are discussing how one of them can't make a woman fall in love with him no matter what he does. The speaker repeatedly asks the other man why he's so pale and so quiet. He sees that his efforts were futile and useless and he advises his friend to give up on the girl since nothing is working.

Probably the most shocking part is the ending when he say "Quit, quit for shame, this will not move, / This cannot take her; / If of herself she will not love, / Nothing can make her; / The devil take her." It's gotten to the point where he tells his friend that he should give up on her and she'll go to hell.

sincerely yours,

the breakfast club basketcase

spring's welcome john lyly

What bird so sings, yet so does wail?

O 'tis the ravish'd nightingale.

Jug, jug, jug, jug, tereu! she cries,

And still her woes at midnight rise.

Brave prick-song! Who is't now we hear?

None but the lark so shrill and clear;

Now at heaven's gate she claps her wings,

The morn not waking till she sings.

Hark, hark, with what a pretty throat

Poor robin redbreast tunes his note!

Hark how the jolly cuckoos sing

Cuckoo! to welcome in the spring!

Cuckoo! to welcome in the spring!

Analysis
The title of the poem brings up the passing of winter and spring coming. The main character of the poem are the birds. The nightingale sings her woes at midnight. The morning doesn't come until the robin sings. The birds welcome in the spring with their songs.

sincerely yours,

the breakfast club basketcase