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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... thoughts and feelings in language that strikes us as old or unusual and, for that very reason, new. We still struggle to keep up with a writer who could think a mile a minute, whose words paint pictures that shift like clouds. These ...
... thoughts and feelings in language that strikes us as old or unusual and, for that very reason, new. We still struggle to keep up with a writer who could think a mile a minute, whose words paint pictures that shift like clouds. These ...
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... thought. In terms of expanding horizons, the impact of these discoveries on people's beliefs—religious, scientific, and philosophical—cannot be overstated. London, too, rapidly expanded and changed during the years (from the early 1590s ...
... thought. In terms of expanding horizons, the impact of these discoveries on people's beliefs—religious, scientific, and philosophical—cannot be overstated. London, too, rapidly expanded and changed during the years (from the early 1590s ...
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... thought and imagery . In the opening line of the first sonnet ( " From fairest creatures we desire increase " ) , each of the words fairest , creatures , and increase carries multiple relevant senses ; when these combine with each other ...
... thought and imagery . In the opening line of the first sonnet ( " From fairest creatures we desire increase " ) , each of the words fairest , creatures , and increase carries multiple relevant senses ; when these combine with each other ...
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... thought continues into the next quatrain; syntactically, the clause is generally independent and could be completed with a period instead.) The reader therefore seldom finds in the Sonnets the long, complicated sentences often ...
... thought continues into the next quatrain; syntactically, the clause is generally independent and could be completed with a period instead.) The reader therefore seldom finds in the Sonnets the long, complicated sentences often ...
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... thought to be in Shakespeare's own handwriting . Nonetheless , it has recently been argued that among these may lie an alternative Shakespearean version of Sonnet 2 , as well as versions of other sonnets ( 8 , 106 , 128 ) that may ...
... thought to be in Shakespeare's own handwriting . Nonetheless , it has recently been argued that among these may lie an alternative Shakespearean version of Sonnet 2 , as well as versions of other sonnets ( 8 , 106 , 128 ) that may ...
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