form. They are typical to the sixteenth century with the traditional rhyming scheme of ABABCDCDEFEFGG. "His Lady's Might", the word "might" in the title means power. This sonnet was written to praise Queen Elizabeth I and her "royal crown" and to show admiration for her. He commends her eyes, hair, hands, and wit. It shows evidence of courtly love which was worship from afar. The sonnet is written as if she is perfect and is written in a very dramatic tone as he mentions "her eyes that pierce our hearts without remorse", which means that she has little awareness of the effect of her beauty. The opening two lines have alliteration to emphasise the strength of his "fancy", setting his "fancy on a fire" suggesting a spiritual love and as he has his "heart in chains". It is also a physical love and that he is chained to her so his feelings will not change, nor can he escape these feelings. The use of the adjective, "dainty" and the verb, "conquered" in the same line places emphasis on the way her hands are delicate, yet strong. Line five describes the "clearness" of her eyes and that they are brighter than the "stars". Line six praises her hair which "obscures the brightness of the sun", and line seven describes her skin as being "more white than ivory". The eighth line suggests that even God praises her "wit". The tenth line allows the reader to note that this was written in praise of Queen Elizabeth as her hair "wears a royal crown", her bravery and victory in battle against the Armada can be compared to that of "Caesar's", and her power and "wit", which refers to her mental brilliance, "turns huge kingdoms upside down". It is clear that each line of the three quatrains idolises some of her features in a different way. The final couplet looks at &quo...