Renaissance literature · 1609
Shakespeare's sonnets
collection of 154 sonnets by William Shakespeare, which covers themes such as the passage of time, love, beauty and mortality
- 1609
- Renaissance literature
Summary
William Shakespeare wrote sonnets on a variety of themes. When discussing or referring to Shakespeare's sonnets, it is almost always a reference to the 154 sonnets that were first published all together in a quarto in 1609. However, there are six additional sonnets that Shakespeare wrote and included in the plays Romeo and Juliet, Henry V and Love's Labour's Lost. There is also a partial sonnet found in the play Edward III.
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