Sonnets

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Sonnets is a celebrated collection of 154 lyric poems by William Shakespeare that explore themes such as love, beauty, time, and mortality.

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instanceOf poetry collection ⓘ
sonnet sequence ⓘ
work by William Shakespeare ⓘ
approximateCompositionEnd early 1600s ⓘ
approximateCompositionStart 1590s ⓘ
author William Shakespeare ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
creator William Shakespeare ⓘ
firstEditionFormat quarto ⓘ
firstPublicationDate 1609 ⓘ
firstPublisher Thomas Thorpe ⓘ
genre love poetry ⓘ
lyric poetry ⓘ
hasFamousLine Let me not to the marriage of true minds ⓘ
My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun ⓘ
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? ⓘ
hasPart Sonnet 1 ⓘ
linked to: Sonnets

Sonnet 116 ⓘ
Sonnet 129 ⓘ
Sonnet 130 ⓘ
Sonnet 138 ⓘ
Sonnet 144 ⓘ
Sonnet 146 ⓘ
Sonnet 147 ⓘ
Sonnet 154 ⓘ
Sonnet 18 ⓘ
Sonnet 29 ⓘ
Sonnet 30 ⓘ
Sonnet 55 ⓘ
Sonnet 60 ⓘ
Sonnet 73 ⓘ
Sonnet 94 ⓘ
influenceOn English love poetry ⓘ
sonnet tradition in English literature ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm sonnet ⓘ
literaryMovement Elizabethan literature ⓘ
Jacobean literature ⓘ
linked to: English Renaissance
literaryPeriod English Renaissance ⓘ
mainAddresseeGroup Dark Lady ⓘ
Fair Youth ⓘ
metricalForm iambic pentameter ⓘ
numberOfPoems 154 ⓘ
originalLanguage Early Modern English ⓘ
rhymeScheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GG ⓘ
secondaryFigure Rival Poet ⓘ
theme beauty ⓘ
betrayal ⓘ
friendship ⓘ
jealousy ⓘ
love ⓘ
mortality ⓘ
poetry and immortality ⓘ
procreation ⓘ
sexual desire ⓘ
time ⓘ

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Works of William Shakespeare → includesWork → Sonnets ⓘ
subject linked to: works of William Shakespeare
Sonnets → hasPart → Sonnet 1 ⓘ
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Take All My Loves: 9 Shakespeare Sonnets → basedOn → Sonnets by William Shakespeare ⓘ
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Serenade to Music → inspiredBy → Shakespearean poetry ⓘ
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Kenneth Muir → edited → Shakespeare’s Sonnets ⓘ
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Sonnet 18 → sequence → Fair Youth sonnets ⓘ
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Sonnet 29 → partOf → Shakespeare's sonnets ⓘ
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Sonnet 73 → partOf → Shakespeare's sonnets ⓘ
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Fair Youth → primarySubjectOf → William Shakespeare’s early sonnets ⓘ
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Fair Youth → appearsInWork → Shakespearean sonnets ⓘ
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Dark Lady → appearsIn → Shakespearean sonnets ⓘ
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Dark Lady → appearsIn → Shakespeare’s later sonnets ⓘ
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Sonnet 144 → partOf → Shakespeare's sonnets ⓘ
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Sonnet 30 → partOf → Shakespearean sonnets ⓘ
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Sonnet 60 → partOf → Shakespeare's sonnets ⓘ
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Sonnet 138 → collection → Shakespearean sonnets ⓘ
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Sonnet 146 → partOf → Shakespeare's sonnets ⓘ
linked to: Sonnets
Sonnet 147 → partOf → Shakespearean sonnets ⓘ
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Sonnet 154 → collection → Shakespeare's Sonnets ⓘ
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Sonnet 20 → collectionTitle → Shakespeare's Sonnets ⓘ
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Take All My Loves: 9 Shakespeare Sonnets → basedOn → Sonnets by William Shakespeare ⓘ
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9 Shakespeare Sonnets → basedOn → Shakespearean sonnets ⓘ
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Sonnet 10 → partOf → Shakespeare's sonnets ⓘ
linked to: Sonnets
Fatal Interview → rhymeScheme → Shakespearean sonnet ⓘ
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