THEY FLEE FROM ME BY SIR THOMAS WYATT

It was no dream: I lay broad waking.
But all is turned through my gentleness
Into a strange fashion of forsaking;

It was no dream: .......... fashion of forsaking;

REFERENCE
(i) Poem: They Flee From Me
(ii) Poet: Sir Thomas Wyatt
CONTEXT
(i) Occurrence: End of the Poem (Lines 15-17/21)
(ii) Content: The poet complains about the fact that women keep running away from him. They used to stalk his chamber, barefoot, and take bread from his hand, but now they don't come around anymore. Instead, they roam free, seeking change. But there was one, once, who was a little different. She came to him, scantily clad, and kissed him. It was not a dream, but it was a strange encounter nonetheless. After all, she just leaves him there, and goes off in search of other, new men. When all is said and done, he is not sure how this woman should be treated. 
EXPLANATION
     In these lines the poet insists that the erotic scene of kissing with Anne Boleyn was not a dream, but real. He was wide-awake, he swears! The phrase "through my gentleness" means because of my gentleness. The poet's promiscuous gentleness tame this girl. She kissed him, and this time he, not she, acquiesced. "Forsaking" suggests that the poet is the one now being forsaken by this girl, rather than the other way round. So basically, even though he was totally nice to her, this girl totally gave him the cold shoulder. Apparently, the poet's "gentleness" has somehow caused her to do so. Moreover, by using the words "gentleness" and "forsaking", the poet is trying to understand the "rejection he has undergone". This rejection is catastrophe to the poet because he has undergone a switch in roles. At the beginning of the poem he plays the dominate role by having many mistresses, then in the second stanza he allows himself to one mistress, who in the third stanza leaves him. So he is the one left stranded as he stranded many mistresses in the first stanza.  

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