Shakespeare’s sonnets are thought to have been written for a private audience across several years, before being published in 1609. The verses that compose the sonnets are often subversive, elusive, and intimate, shaping an erotic body of poetry in the pursuit of the depths and parameters of emotion. He seems to have planned contrasting series–bitter sequences of lust and recrimination haunted by a married ‘dark lady, ‘ lyrics praising youth and beauty addressed to a ‘fair youth, ‘ and allegorical contemplations of Greek myth.
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William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was born in Stratford-upon-Avon. By 1592, he had started his career in the theatre, and continued to write plays until 1613. His works are considered to be among the highest achievements in English literature, and have been translated into every major living language.
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