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

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    The sonnet is a type of poem finding its origins in Italy around 1235 AD. While the early sonneteers experimented with patterns, Francesco Petrarca (anglicised as Petrarch) was one of the first to significantly solidify sonnet structure. The Italian or Petrarchan sonnet consists of two parts; an octave and a sestet.

  3. A rose by any other name would smell as sweet - Wikipedia

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    A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. " A rose by any other name would smell as sweet " is a popular adage from William Shakespeare 's play Romeo and Juliet, in which Juliet seems to argue that it does not matter that Romeo is from her family's rival house of Montague. The reference is used to state that the names of things do not ...

  4. Romeo and Juliet - Wikipedia

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    Romeo and Juliet, Act I, Scene V Romeo and Juliet is sometimes considered to have no unifying theme, save that of young love. Romeo and Juliet have become emblematic of young lovers and doomed love. Since it is such an obvious subject of the play, several scholars have explored the language and historical context behind the romance of the play. On their first meeting, Romeo and Juliet use a ...

  5. Shakespeare's sonnets - Wikipedia

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    Context. 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 ...

  6. The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet - Wikipedia

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    The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet is an English language narrative poem by Arthur Brooke, first published in 1562 by Richard Tottel, which was a key source for William Shakespeare ’s Romeo and Juliet. [1] It is a translation and adaptation of a French story by Pierre Boaistuau, itself derived from an Italian novella by Matteo Bandello .

  7. William Shakespeare - Wikipedia

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    William Shakespeare ( c. 23 [ a] April 1564 – 23 April 1616) [ b] was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. [ 4][ 5][ 6] He is often called England's national poet and the " Bard of Avon " (or simply "the Bard").

  8. Sonnet 141 - Wikipedia

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    Sonnet 141 is the informal name given to the 141st of William Shakespeare's 154 sonnets.The theme of the sonnet is the discrepancy between the poet's physical senses and wits (intellect) on the one hand and his heart on the other.

  9. List of films based on Romeo and Juliet - Wikipedia

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    Runaway Robots! Romeo-0 and Julie-8 (1979); animated short telling the story of two robots from rival robot manufacturing companies who fall in love; directed by Clive A. Smith (Canada) 56 csepp vér (film) (2006); Hungarian movie tells the story of Romeo & Juliet, but in the 50s in the hungarian revolution.