Wyatt describes himself as a frustrated and regretful lover who can no longer hunt (get back) a doe (his lover) because he has already lost his love for the sovereign. This is a perfect example of subversion of courtly love where lovers normally continue to love the lover even if he is out of reach or belongs to someone else. Another line of the poem states "Sithens in a net I try to hold back the wind". the narrator correlated the wind's catch in a net to emphasize his futile hunt to win back his old love. The essence of the poem was to narrate Wyatt's inner condition that he could not get her love and in response what he possessed was endless agony. In another verse from Wyatt "Like you this, what has he deserved now?" from “They Flee from Me” we clearly see that Wyatt has condemned a cruel lover which once again goes against the rules of the court