At the beginning of a poem, this figure is called “as tyrannous… as those whose beauties proudly make them cruel.” Using the journals of court astrologer Simon Forman, A. L. Rowse claimed this figure was the author of Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum. A poem that notes “some perfumes” have “more delight” than “the breath that from [this figure] reeks” ends by claiming the speaker’s love is “as rare as any… belied with false compare.” A poem that compares this figure’s hair to “wires” and asks “if snow be white, why then are her breasts dun?” is found in a set that includes works dedicated to the Rival Poet and the Fair Youth. The 130th entry in that set of poems states that this figure’s “eyes are nothing like the sun.” For 10 points, name this woman addressed in 27 sonnets by William Shakespeare. ■END■
ANSWER: the Dark Lady [accept the Dark Lady of the Sonnets; prompt on descriptions of the anonymous woman in Shakespeare’s sonnets; prompt on Emilia Lanier by asking “what figure did Rowse claim she was?”]
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