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One intriguing aspect of this poem's construction is that the speaker's body is its setting. It imagines love as a battle being led by a brave general (the personification of Love). The speaker is a foot soldier in this war, following his general, but he is also the ground on which the fight is taking place. This metaphor is expanded significantly from the Petrarchan original.

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