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Philip Larkin's "Sad Steps" and Sir Philip Sidney of Sonnet 31 from Astrophel and Stella: The Moon An object can represent many different things to many different people. One object of interest is the moon. Philip Larkin, the speaker of Sad Steps, and Sir Philip ....

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.... (line 13-14). Sir Philip Sideney believes that the answers to these questions can be found out from the moon, for the moon is omniscient. He further believes that the moon “can judge of love”, and can solve his love troubles, as a “ lozenge of love” (Sad Steps, line 11) would. Sir Philip Sidney's attitude toward the moon is quite serious, which is also the tone of the essay. He takes the moon very seriously, as if it were divine. He adds character to the moon, as if it were a person. He describes the moon's “love acquainted eyes” (line 5) and remarks how “wan a face” (line 2) it has. This imagery makes the moon more real an ....