In one poem in this collection, the speaker derides poets who rely on Petrarchan oxymorons like "fair storms and freezing fires", preferring to use only his "trembling voice" to display "all the map of my state".
In one poem in this collection, the speaker derides poets who rely on Petrarchan oxymorons like "fair storms and freezing fires", preferring to use only his "trembling voice" to display "all the map of my state". This work's first poem describes how the speaker "sought fit words to paint the blackest face of woe" before his Muse says "Fool… look in thy heart and write." Its most famous poem opens with the line "With how sad steps, O Moon, thou climbst the skies", while its dedicatee is believed to be Penelope Devereux. For 10 points, identify this collection of 11 songs and 108 sonnets, a work by Sir Philip Sidney about two star-crossed and star-named lovers.
In one poem in this collection, the speaker derides poets who rely on Petrarchan oxymorons like "fair storms and freezing fires", preferring to use only his "trembling voice" to display "all the map of my state".
{Astrophil} and {Stella} [or {Astrophel} and {Stella}]