Sixteenth-century poet George Gascoigne uses varying intensities of images and emphasized diction in his carefully structured form of poetry, "For That He Looked Not Upon Her”, to explain his reasoning behind his inability to look the woman he loves in the face. The standard sonnet form is well used to support Gascoigne’s defense of his actions. This poem follows the “ABAB” rhyme scheme, has even iambic pentameter and ends with a rhyming couplet which puts emphasis on his argument. The speaker begins
a chocking gall and a preserving sweet.” And this quote relates to English poet, George Gascoigne, as he uses intense imagery and diction in the meticulous form of his sonnet, “For That He Looked Not upon Her,” to explain his complex feelings about not being able to look into the eyes of his beloved. Two main images conveyed in the sonnet add to the complex feelings the speaker has towards the woman he loves. He describes himself as a “mouse,” a low animal, which has recently been trapped but managed