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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... summer's day ” ) , Sonnet 29 ( " When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes ” ) , and Sonnet 73 ( “ That time of year thou mayst in me behold " ) — to name only a few — are known and quoted in the same way that famous lines and ...
... summer's day ” ) , Sonnet 29 ( " When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes ” ) , and Sonnet 73 ( “ That time of year thou mayst in me behold " ) — to name only a few — are known and quoted in the same way that famous lines and ...
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... summer on To hideous winter and confounds him there , LO 5 Sap checked with frost and lusty leaves quite gone , Beauty o'er - snowed and bareness everywhere . Then , were not summer's distillation left A liquid prisoner pent in walls of ...
... summer on To hideous winter and confounds him there , LO 5 Sap checked with frost and lusty leaves quite gone , Beauty o'er - snowed and bareness everywhere . Then , were not summer's distillation left A liquid prisoner pent in walls of ...
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... summer ere thou be distilled . Make sweet some vial ; treasure thou some place With beauty's treasure ere it be self - killed . That use is not forbidden usury . Which happies those that pay the willing loan ; That's for thyself to ...
... summer ere thou be distilled . Make sweet some vial ; treasure thou some place With beauty's treasure ere it be self - killed . That use is not forbidden usury . Which happies those that pay the willing loan ; That's for thyself to ...
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... summer's green all girded up in sheaves Borne on the bier with white and bristly beard ; Then of thy beauty do I question make That thou among the wastes of time must go , Since sweets and beauties do themselves forsake And die as fast ...
... summer's green all girded up in sheaves Borne on the bier with white and bristly beard ; Then of thy beauty do I question make That thou among the wastes of time must go , Since sweets and beauties do themselves forsake And die as fast ...
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... poet's rage And stretched meter of an antique song . But were some child of yours alive that time , You should live twice - in it and in my rhyme . 1 2 23 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 18 Shall I compare thee to a summer's day ?
... poet's rage And stretched meter of an antique song . But were some child of yours alive that time , You should live twice - in it and in my rhyme . 1 2 23 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 18 Shall I compare thee to a summer's day ?
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