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Essays in Criticism, A Quarterly Journal of Literary Criticism: Volume 21, Number 3. Pages 221–226. Shakespeare's First Poem: Sonnet 145, by Andrew Gurr; A Companion to Shakespeare's Sonnets (Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture, Pages 33, 127, 132–133, 274–275, and 303, edited by Michael Schoenfeldt
Sonnet 23 is one of a sequence of 154 sonnets written by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare, and is a part of the Fair Youth sequence.. In the sonnet, the speaker is not able to adequately speak of his love, because of the intensity of his feelings.
The first known illustration to "A Lover's Complaint", from John Bell's 1774 edition of Shakespeare's works. Few have questioned the authorship of the poem. Shakespeare's authorship was not questioned until the early 19th century, when Hazlitt expressed doubts. In 1917 Robertson suggested that the poem, and several plays, were written by Chapman.
Sonnet 20 is one of the best-known of 154 sonnets written by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare.Part of the Fair Youth sequence (which comprises sonnets 1-126), the subject of the sonnet is widely interpreted as being male, thereby raising questions about the sexuality of its author.
Sonnet 151 is the 151st of 154 poems in sonnet form by William Shakespeare published in a 1609 collection titled Shakespeare's sonnets.The sonnet belongs to the Dark Lady sequence (sonnets 127–152), which distinguishes itself from The Fair Youth sequence by being more overtly sexual in its passion.
Sonnet 26 is one of 154 sonnets written by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare, and is a part of the Fair Youth sequence.. The sonnet is generally regarded as the end-point or culmination of the group of five preceding poems.
In this particular sonnet, the couplet acts as a summary of the basic sentiment of silent and stifled desire that fill the lines of the poem. "So true a fool is love that in your will, though you do anything, he thinks no ill," not only reiterates the dark romanticism that characterizes the entire sonnet, but Shakespeare also subtly establishes ...
Sonnet 115 is one of 154 sonnets written by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare. It is a member of the Fair Youth sequence, in which the poet expresses his love towards a young man. [ 2 ] [ 3 ]