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  2. Shakespeare's sonnets - Wikipedia

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    Shakespeare's sonnets are considered a continuation of the sonnet tradition that swept through the Renaissance from Petrarch in 14th-century Italy and was finally introduced in 16th-century England by Thomas Wyatt and was given its rhyming metre and division into quatrains by Henry Howard. With few exceptions, Shakespeare's sonnets observe the ...

  3. Sonnet 138 - Wikipedia

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    Sonnet 138 is a part of a series of poems written about Shakespeare's dark lady. They describe a woman who has dark hair and dark eyes. She diverges from the Petrarchan norm. "Golden locks" and "florid cheeks" were fashionable in that day, but Shakespeare's lady does not bear those traits. [8]

  4. Sonnet 18 - Wikipedia

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    14. —William Shakespeare. Sonnet 18 (also known as " Shall I compare thee to a summer day ") is one of the best-known of the 154 sonnets written by English poet and playwright William Shakespeare . In the sonnet, the speaker asks whether he should compare the Fair Youth to a summer's day, but notes that he has qualities that surpass a summer ...

  5. Sonnet 73 - Wikipedia

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    14. —William Shakespeare [ 1] Sonnet 73, one of the most famous of William Shakespeare 's 154 sonnets, focuses on the theme of old age. The sonnet addresses the Fair Youth. Each of the three quatrains contains a metaphor: Autumn, the passing of a day, and the dying out of a fire. Each metaphor proposes a way the young man may see the poet.

  6. Sonnet 116 - Wikipedia

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    Overview. Sonnet 116 is one of Shakespeare's most famous love sonnets, but some scholars have argued the theme has been misunderstood. Hilton Landry believes the appreciation of 116 as a celebration of true love is mistaken, [4] in part because its context in the sequence of adjacent sonnets is not properly considered.

  7. Category:Sonnets by William Shakespeare - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Sonnets by William Shakespeare". The following 163 pages are in this category, out of 163 total. This list may not reflect recent changes . Shakespeare's sonnets. The Dark Lady of the Sonnets. Petrarch's and Shakespeare's sonnets. Procreation sonnets.

  8. Petrarch's and Shakespeare's sonnets - Wikipedia

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    Shakespeare on the other hand shared a reciprocal love with both his lovers; the objects of his love were “articulate, active partners.” Shakespeare's sonnets are divided between his two lovers: sonnets 1–126 for a male, and sonnets 127–152 for a female; the first to a fair youth, and the second to a dark lady. Petrarch's sonnets in ...

  9. Sonnet 130 - Wikipedia

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    Sonnet 130 is a sonnet by William Shakespeare, published in 1609 as one of his 154 sonnets. It mocks the conventions of the showy and flowery courtly sonnets in its realistic portrayal of his mistress .

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