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Shakespeare's Sonnets

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First published: 1609
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Shakespeare's 154 sonnets are among the greatest love poems in the English language, moving from the poet's urging of a beautiful young man to marry, through passionate and troubled devotion, to the mysterious 'Dark Lady' who inspires jealousy and desire. Ranging over love, time, beauty, mortality, and the immortalizing power of verse, they include some of the most quoted lines ever written—'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?' Intimate, musical, and psychologically complex, the sonnets reveal Shakespeare's genius in miniature. A cornerstone of English poetry, they continue to speak with unmatched intensity about the joys and torments of the human heart.

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William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (1564–1616) was an English playwright and poet who lived during the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and authored approximately 37 plays and 154 sonnets that explore themes of love, power, ambition, and human nature.