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Original poem reprinted online here: "Sonnet after Wyatt" by Clive James Originally read: August 11, 2014 More information about the Poet: Clive James I think the reference in this poem points towards Sir Thomas Wyatt .  How much does the speaker refers to the poet is unknown to me since I'm not familiar with Wyatt's work.  However, the poem, an Elizabethan sonnet, focuses more on eulogy or a least the sense of someone lost. 'The final naked stalking feet have fled. / My chamber, even when the summer sun / Streams in to light my books, and is dark instead:"  Here the athropomorphizing of the action gives a distinct personal memory.  The list of adjectives "final naked stalking" have a sense of vulnerability, but note how each adjectives adds a sense of character to the feet.  So when the image shifts to the room, the focus is more metaphorical -- the room is dark. "Those shining walkers have all cut and run / Out of the shower, not wearing very...