William Shakespeare SonnetsSonnets are fourteen-line lyric poems, traditionally written in iambic pentameter - that is, in lines ten syllables long, with accents falling on every second syllable, as in: "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?". Sonnets originated in Italy and were introduced to England during the Tudor period by Sir Thomas Wyatt. Shake-speare followed the more idiomatic rhyme scheme of sonnets that Sir Philip Sydney used in the first great Elizabethan sonnets cycle, Astrophel and Stella (these sonnets were published posthumously in 1591). Sonnets are formal poems and consist of 14 lines (3 quatrains and a couplet)
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The sonnets fall into three clear groupings: Sonnets 1 to 126 are addressed to, or concern, a young man; .
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Sonnets 127-152 are addressed to, or concern, a dark lady (dark in the sense of her hair, her facial features, and her character),
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Sequence & themes of Shakespeare's Sonnets
William Shakespeare's sonnets are stories about a handsome boy, or rival poet, and the mysterious and aloof "dark" lady they both love. The sonnets fall into three clear groupings: Sonnets 1 to 126 are addressed to, or concern, a young man; Sonnets 127-152 are addressed to, or concern, a dark lady (dark in the sense of her hair, her facial features, and her character), and Sonnets 153-154 are fairly free adaptations of two classical Greek poems. The text of these famous William Shakespeare sonnets can be accessed by clicking one of the sonnets links below. The most popular of the William Shakespeare Sonnets are Sonnets 018, 029, 116, 126 and 130.
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Sonnet 130 Sonnet 130 is a charming twist on the sonnet, created as Shakespeare plays upon the traditional image of the infatuated poet. The speaker describes his beloved in a surprising way, informing his readers that she is neither the possessor of good looks nor a great personality. The hilarious poems ends poignantly as the poet concludes that he loves his beloved more than he could ever love a perfect maiden. In the first two quatrains (lines 1-4 and 5-8), the speaker analyzes his beloved’s unattractive physical features. In the third quatrain, he discusses her in more abstract terms, but concludes that she cannot compare to music, angels, or goddesses. The author, however, cheerily concludes by noting that he loves his maiden in spite of her imperfections.