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American scholars William Ringler and Steven May discovered the poem in 1972 in the notebook of a man called Henry Stanford, who is known to have worked in the household of the Lord Chamberlain. [citation needed] Other scholars have since contested the attribution to Shakespeare.
William Shakespeare [a] (c. 23 [b] April 1564 – 23 April 1616) [c] 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. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "the Bard").
Sonnet 9 is one of 154 sonnets written by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare.It is a procreation sonnet within the Fair Youth sequence.. Because Sonnet 10 pursues and amplifies the theme of "hatred against the world" which appears rather suddenly in the final couplet of this sonnet, one may well say that Sonnet 9 and Sonnet 10 form a diptych, even though the form of linkage is ...
An anthology of 20 poems collected and published by William Jaggard that were attributed to "W. Shakespeare" on the title page, only five of which are considered authentically Shakespearean. The Phoenix and the Turtle: 1601 A Lover's Complaint: 1609 Shakespeare's Sonnets: 1609 A Funeral Elegy: 1612 No longer attributed to Shakespeare by most ...
"One for Sorrow" is a traditional children's nursery rhyme about magpies. According to an old superstition , the number of magpies seen tells if one will have bad or good luck. Lyrics
1640 – The publisher John Benson publishes an anthology of poems; some are by Shakespeare, and about 30 are not, but all are ascribed to Shakespeare. It is titled "Poems: Written by Wil. Shakespeare Gent". Benson is even more wildly piratical than Jaggard. Benson draws on The Passionate Pilgrim and other sources, including Shakespeare's ...
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Sonnet 121 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 his young lover.