Question

doth still persist in her rebellious pride: and love not like to lusts of baser kind, the harder won, the firmer will abide the durefull oak, whose sap is not yet dried, is long ere it conceive the kindling fire, but when it once doth burn, it doth divide, great heat, and makes his flames to heaven aspire. so hard it is to kindle new desire, in gentle breast that shall endure for ever deep is the wound, that dints the parts entire with chaste affects, that naught but death can sever. then think not long in taking little pain, to knit the knot, that ever shall remain. the sonnet is written in the spenserian form. the rhyme scheme is ababbcbccdcddee. the main idea of the poem is the poet has used the of burning an oak to emphasize how patient one needs to be when trying to win th he also uses the metaphor of the to emphasize the depth of love.

Explanation:

The poem uses the metaphor of an oak tree's slow - burning process to show the patience needed in love. The deep wound metaphor represents the depth of love. The main idea is about lasting love as it emphasizes love that endures and is hard to break.

Answer:

The main idea of the poem is lasting love.
The poet has used the metaphor of burning an oak to emphasize how patient one needs to be when trying to win the object of love.
He also uses the metaphor of the deep wound to emphasize the depth of love.