A Brief Overview of Sidney's LOVING IN TRUTH from His ASTROPHEL AND STELLA
INTRODUCTION- Sir Philip Sidney's Loving In Truth is a poem of true-love which is taken from his Astrophel And Stella series. Let us dive into the Astrophel And Stella at first to understand the poem Loving In Truth better. Astrophel And Stella is Sir Sidney's celebrated sonnet-series that comprises 108 sonnets and 11 songs , depicting Sidney's love for Penelope whom he could not marry. The sonnets are addressed by Astrophel and they deal with his love for Stella. The poet himself is the lover Astrophel and his ladylove Penelope is Stella of the sonnet-series. The sonnet-series gives a more or less connected theme of Sydney's courtship with Penelope. The earlier sonnets describe the growth of his passion for her , his inner conflict between will and wit, passion and reason, and his firm conviction of his profound love for her-"Yet true that I must Stella love". There is the further development of the sequence and the lover is assured of the love of S