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An extended metaphor in this poem states that a woman being seduced must “defend the fort,” even though “in such wars women use but half their strength.” A woman in this poem who is called “Venus’s nun” states, “Were I the saint he worships, I would hear him” upon meeting her lover while sacrificing turtledoves at a temple. This poem draws from Byzantine poet Musaeus (10[1])(“mew-ZAY-uss”) Grammaticus and is dedicated to Thomas Walsingham. In As You Like It, Phebe (“FEE-bee”) calls this poem’s author a “dead shepherd” and quotes the last line of its stanza that opens, “It lies not in our power to love or hate.” George Chapman (10[1])completed this poem, (10[3]-5[1])which asks, (10[1])“Who (10[1])ever loved, that loved (10[1])not at first sight?” and is set (-5[1])in (10[1])Abydos (“uh-BYE-doss”) and Sestos, (-5[1])cities across (-5[1])a body (10[1])of water (10[1])that is “guilty (10[1])of true love’s blood.” For 10 points, name this Christopher Marlowe poem about lovers separated by the Hellespont. ■END■ (10[2]0[8])

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