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Shakespeares sonnets, or simply the sonnets, comprise a collection of 154 poems in sonnet form written by william shakespeare that deal with such themes as love, beauty, politics, and mortality. The first 17 poems, traditionally called the procreation sonnets, are addressed to a young man urging him to marry and have children in order to immortalize his beauty by passing it to the next generation. I downloaded what is clearly offered on this page as the kindle version of this shakespeares sonnets folger shakespeare library, thinking, as anyone would. Shakespeares sonnets arden shakespeare william shakespeare shakespeares sonnets are universally loved and muchquoted throughout the world, while debates still rage as to the identity of the dark lady and how autobiographical the sonnets really are. The first 126 sonnets are addressed to a young man.
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Sonnet 1 sonnet 1 is one of 154 sonnets written by the english playwright and poet william shakespeare. Shakespeares sonnets library of congress classification. The poems were probably written over a period of several years. The authoritative edition of shakespeares sonnets and poems from the folger shakespeare library, the trusted and widely used shakespeare series for students and general readers, includes. The main characters of this poetry, classics story are. Shakespeares sonnets by william shakespeare read free. Project gutenberg offers 61,504 free ebooks to download. Looke in thy glasse and tell the face thou vewest 6. Free download or read online shakespeares sonnets pdf epub book. Collection gutenberg contributor project gutenberg language english.
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