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Shakespeare's Sonnets

by William Shakespeare

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Shakespeare's Sonnets

The themes of Shakespeare's sonnets include the nature of time, love, beauty, and mortality. Shakespeare explores how love can be eternal and transcend physical beauty, which fades with time. He also...

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Shakespeare's Sonnets

The only printing of the Sonnets that date to Shakespeare's lifetime is dedicated to "Mr W.H.", who is described as the "only begetter of these ensuing sonnets" - in short, the person who has...

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Shakespeare's Sonnets

We have no evidence of why William Shakespeare wrote his sonnets. He did not leave behind any account of his reasons for writing them. Because he wrote before the advent of copyright, he would not...

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Shakespeare's Sonnets

There are two types of sonnet: the Italian or Petrachan sonnet and the Elizabethan or Shakespearean sonnet.  The Elizabethan or Shakespearean sonnet relates to the time period...

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Shakespeare's Sonnets

The Elizabethan sonnet is also called the English or Shakespearean sonnet. The Elizabethan sonnet tends to contain messages of love (similar to the Petrarchan sonnet). The Elizabethan sonnet...

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