Shakespeare’s Sonnets

by William Shakespeare

Publisher:

Folger Shakespeare Library

, n.d.

Overview

Sonnets 1–126 address a young man, praising his beauty and urging him to marry so his beauty may last for generations. In sonnets 127–154, the poet writes of his relationship with a woman, who he refers to as the Dark Lady. The poems fluctuate between feelings of love, hate, jealousy, and contempt.

Product Details

• Title: Shakespeare’s Sonnets
• Author: William Shakespeare
• Publisher: Folger Shakespeare Library
• Print Publication Date: n.d.
• Logos Release Date: 2015
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Poetry, English; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
• Resource ID: LLS:SHSONNETS
• Resource Type: text.monograph.poetry
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T05:37:33Z

About William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (baptised 26 April 1564; died 23 April 1616) was an English poet and playwright, 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”. His surviving works, including some collaborations, consist of about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems.