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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... tell , that career spanned about twenty years . In the 1590s , he wrote his plays on English history as well as several comedies and at least two tragedies ( Titus Andronicus and Romeo and Juliet ) . These histories , comedies , and ...
... tell , that career spanned about twenty years . In the 1590s , he wrote his plays on English history as well as several comedies and at least two tragedies ( Titus Andronicus and Romeo and Juliet ) . These histories , comedies , and ...
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... tell about Shakespeare's love life . The 154 sonnets were published in 1609 with an enigmatic dedication , presumably from the publisher Thomas Thorpe : " To The Onlie Begetter Of These Insuing Sonnets . Mr. W.H. " Attempts to identify ...
... tell about Shakespeare's love life . The 154 sonnets were published in 1609 with an enigmatic dedication , presumably from the publisher Thomas Thorpe : " To The Onlie Begetter Of These Insuing Sonnets . Mr. W.H. " Attempts to identify ...
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... excuse , ” Proving his beauty by succession thine . This were to be new made when thou art old And see thy blood warm when thou feel'st it cold . 1 2 23 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 3 Look in thy glass and tell the face thou.
... excuse , ” Proving his beauty by succession thine . This were to be new made when thou art old And see thy blood warm when thou feel'st it cold . 1 2 23 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 3 Look in thy glass and tell the face thou.
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... tell the face thou viewest Now is the time that face should form another , Whose fresh repair if now thou not renewest , Thou dost beguile the world , unbless some mother . For where is she so fair whose uneared womb Disdains the ...
... tell the face thou viewest Now is the time that face should form another , Whose fresh repair if now thou not renewest , Thou dost beguile the world , unbless some mother . For where is she so fair whose uneared womb Disdains the ...
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... tell of good or evil luck, Of plagues, of dearths, or seasons' quality; Nor can I fortune to brief minutes tell, Pointing to each his thunder, rain, and wind, Or say with princes if it shall go well By oft predict that I in heaven find ...
... tell of good or evil luck, Of plagues, of dearths, or seasons' quality; Nor can I fortune to brief minutes tell, Pointing to each his thunder, rain, and wind, Or say with princes if it shall go well By oft predict that I in heaven find ...
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