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Sonnet 127 of Shakespeare's sonnets (1609) is the first of the Dark Lady sequence (sonnets 127–152), ... Sonnet 127 is an English or Shakespearean sonnet.
The Dark Lady sequence (sonnets 127–152) is the most defiant of the sonnet tradition. The sequence distinguishes itself from the Fair Youth sequence with its overt sexuality ( Sonnet 151 ). [ 38 ] The Dark Lady is so called because she has black hair and "dun" skin.
The Dark Lady is a woman described in Shakespeare's sonnets (sonnets 127–152), and so called because the poems make it clear that she has black wiry hair, and dark, "dun"-coloured skin. The description of the Dark Lady distinguishes itself from the Fair Youth sequence by being overtly sexual.
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Many English sonnet sequences start with addresses to the reader, and “many of [these addresses] specifically raise questions about the relationship between being in love and writing and reading love sonnets”. [5] The beloved is a major interest of sonnet sequences, but the poetry itself is also an important focus. While the soulful poetry ...
The Penguin Book of the Sonnet: 500 Years of a Classic Tradition in English. Penguin, 2001. ISBN 0-14-058929-5. T. Müller. The African American Sonnet: A Literary History. University Press of Mississippi, 2018. ISBN 978-1496817839; J. Phelan. The Nineteenth Century Sonnet. Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. ISBN 1-4039-3804-0. S. Regan. The Sonnet ...
Sonnet 129 is an English or Shakespearean sonnet. The English sonnet has three quatrains, ... (as referenced as the inspiration for sonnets 127-152). Many scholars ...
Lines 9-10 read: "Therefore my mistress' eyes are raven black, / Her eyes so suited, and they mourners seem." I've read it as "my mistress' brows are raven black."