What Does Thou Blind Man's Mark Mean
In Sir Philip Sidney’s “Thou Blind Man’s Mark”, he expresses that his abomination of desire. He argues that how bad desire can affect himself, and why he wants to get rid of desire. Sidney, like any excellent writers, employs tactical reasoning and persuasive devices to plead with audiences to take his side. In this poem, he illustrates a couple of such devices.
At the beginning of this poem, the speaker Sidney does not tell his audience what are the main topic and the theme of this poem. Instead, he uses two metaphor in the first line in the whole poem. Sidney compares desire as “Thou blind man’s mark,” and “thou fool’s self-chosen snare.” Since we all know that blind man cannot see any thing, the mark of a person who cannot see anything
At the beginning of this poem, the speaker Sidney does not tell his audience what are the main topic and the theme of this poem. Instead, he uses two metaphor in the first line in the whole poem. Sidney compares desire as “Thou blind man’s mark,” and “thou fool’s self-chosen snare.” Since we all know that blind man cannot see any thing, the mark of a person who cannot see anything