Shakespeare's Sonnets amd PoemsA bestselling, beautifully designed edition of William Shakespeare’s sonnets and poems, complete with valuable tools for educators. The authoritative edition of Shakespeare’s Sonnets and Poems from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers, includes: -Full explanatory notes conveniently linked to the text of each sonnet and poem -A brief introduction to each sonnet and poem, providing insight into its possible meaning -An index of first lines -Illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library’s vast holdings of rare books -An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the sonnets The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC, is home to the world’s largest collection of Shakespeare’s printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs. For more information, visit Folger.edu. |
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William Shakespeare Barbara A. Mowat, Paul Werstine. Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine The Globe Shakespeare's Life Surviving documents that give us glimpses.
William Shakespeare Barbara A. Mowat, Paul Werstine. Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine The Globe Shakespeare's Life Surviving documents that give us glimpses.
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William Shakespeare Barbara A. Mowat, Paul Werstine. The Globe Shakespeare's Life Surviving documents that give us glimpses into the. A stylized representation of the Globe theater . From Marcus Manilius, The sphere of . . . (1675).
William Shakespeare Barbara A. Mowat, Paul Werstine. The Globe Shakespeare's Life Surviving documents that give us glimpses into the. A stylized representation of the Globe theater . From Marcus Manilius, The sphere of . . . (1675).
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William Shakespeare Barbara A. Mowat, Paul Werstine. Shakespeare's Life Surviving documents that give us glimpses into the life of William Shakespeare show us a playwright , poet , and actor who grew up in the market town of Stratford ...
William Shakespeare Barbara A. Mowat, Paul Werstine. Shakespeare's Life Surviving documents that give us glimpses into the life of William Shakespeare show us a playwright , poet , and actor who grew up in the market town of Stratford ...
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... give particular emphasis has been presented . The first quatrain of Sonnet 2 holds off until line 3 the presentation of the subject of the sentence , and delays the verb until line 4 : When forty winters shall besiege thy brow And dig ...
... give particular emphasis has been presented . The first quatrain of Sonnet 2 holds off until line 3 the presentation of the subject of the sentence , and delays the verb until line 4 : When forty winters shall besiege thy brow And dig ...
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... gives nothing but doth lend , And being frank , she lends to those are free . Then , beauteous niggard , why dost thou abuse The bounteous largess given thee to give ? Profitless usurer , why dost thou use So great a sum of sums yet ...
... gives nothing but doth lend , And being frank , she lends to those are free . Then , beauteous niggard , why dost thou abuse The bounteous largess given thee to give ? Profitless usurer , why dost thou use So great a sum of sums yet ...
Contents
Two Sonnets from The Passionate Pilgrim | 155 |
Commentary | 158 |
Sonnet 1 | 171 |
Longer Notes | 191 |
Shakespeares Poems | 191 |
Shakespeares Lucrece | 183 |
Commentary | 189 |
Longer Notes | 388 |
Shakespeares The Phoenix and Turtle | 380 |
Venus and Adonis and Lucrece An Introduction to This Text Shakespeares Venus and Adonis Venus and Adonis | 421 |
Commentary Longer Notes | 428 |
Sonnet 124 | 447 |
Index of First Lines of Shakespeares Sonnets | 451 |
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Antanaclasis beauty beloved beloved's birds blood blush breath cheeks Collatine color dead death deed desire dost doth editors excuse eyes face fair false faults fear fire flowers Folger Shakespeare Library foul give goddess grief hand hast hate hath heart honor kill king kiss language light lips live longer note looks love's Love's Labor's Lost lover Lucrece Lucrece's lust meaning metaphor mind mistress night Ovid painting perhaps phoenix picture pity plays poem poet poet's poetic polyptoton poor praise Priam proud Q corr Q uncorr Quarto quoth rape Roman Sextus Tarquinius sexual shadow Shakespeare Shakespeare's Sonnets shalt shame sight Sonnet 58 Sonnet 99 sorrow soul stain stanza story sweet Tarquin tears thee thine things thou art thought Time's tongue treasure Troy unto Venus and Adonis verse virtue weeping William Shakespeare wordplay words young youth