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Sonnet 72 continues after Sonnet 71, with a plea by the poet to be forgotten.The poem avoids drowning in self-pity and exaggerated modesty by mixing in touches of irony. The first quatrain presents an image of the poet as dead and not worth remembering, and suggests an ironic reversal of roles with the idea of the young man reciting words to express his love for the poe
—William Shakespeare [1] Sonnet 148 is one of 154 sonnets written by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare . It is considered a Dark Lady sonnet, as are all from 127 to 152.
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... —William Shakespeare [1] Sonnet 80 is one of 154 sonnets published by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare in ...
Later in the same book, an essay from Shakespeare critic Garret A. Sullivan Jr. describes the relationship between the speaker and the young man which is seen in sonnet four, saying "The young man of the procreation sonnets, then, is the object of admonition; the poet (speaker) urgently seeks to make him change his ways, and, as we shall see ...
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. [3] [4] [5] He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "the Bard").
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... —William Shakespeare [1] Sonnet 74 is one of 154 sonnets published by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare in ...
Sonnet 120 is one of 154 sonnets written by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare. It's a member of the Fair Youth sequence, in which the poet expresses his love towards a young man. Structure
The poem is a reconsideration of the idea that poetry can immortalize the young man. The previous sonnets in the Rival Poet group have hinted at retaliation for the young man's disloyal preference for another poet, and in this poem retaliation becomes activated as the sonnet considers how the poet will write his friend's epitaph.