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Sonnet 91 by Sir Philip Sidney from //Astrophil and Stella//

Stella, while now by honor's cruel might, I am from you, light of my life, mis-led, And that fair you, my Sun, thus overspread With absence' veil, I live in sorrow's night;

If this dark place yet show like candle light Some beauty's piece, as amber-color'd head, Milk hands, rose cheeks, or lips more sweet, more red, Or seeing jet's black but in blackness bright.

They please, I do confess; they please mine eyes, But why? Because of you they models be, Models such be wood globes of glist'ring skies.

Dear, therefore be not jealous over me, If you hear that they seem my heart to move. Not them, oh no, but you in them I love.

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Synopsis: In "Sonnet 91" by Sir Philip Sidney, Astrophil and Stella are separated from one another. Astrophil misses Stella immensely. He experiences much sorrow. In this poem, he warns Stella not be jealous of him seeing or interacting with other attractive women because whenever he looks at them, all he can see is her He loves that the features of other women remind him of the one he truly has eyes for, which is Stella.

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Examples of cultural awareness: An example of cultural awareness within "Sonnet 91" is when Sydney writes from Astrophil's perspective, saying "Models such be wood globes of glist'ring skies". In that line, Sydney compares the beauty of the women he sees to wooden globes, with painted constellations and planets.