Sonnet 10

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Sonnet 10 is one of William Shakespeare’s 154 sonnets, notable for its exploration of love, self-love, and the poet’s plea for emotional openness.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Sonnet 10 canonical 2
Sonnet 11 1
Sonnet X 1

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English sonnet ⓘ
Shakespearean sonnet ⓘ
poem ⓘ
addresseeType young man ⓘ
author William Shakespeare ⓘ
collectionSize 154 sonnets ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
firstPublication 1609 quarto of Shakespeare's sonnets ⓘ
form three quatrains and a final couplet ⓘ
hasCriticalFocusOn ethics of self-regard ⓘ
psychology of the beloved ⓘ
social duty to continue one's line ⓘ
inCollectionWith Sonnet 1 ⓘ
Sonnet 11 ⓘ
linked to: Sonnet 10

Sonnet 18 ⓘ
Sonnet 2 ⓘ
Sonnet 3 ⓘ
Sonnet 9 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lineCount 14 ⓘ
literaryDevice antithesis ⓘ
metaphor ⓘ
personification ⓘ
rhetorical question ⓘ
literaryPeriod English Renaissance ⓘ
literaryTradition English sonnet tradition ⓘ
meter iambic pentameter ⓘ
numberInSequence 10 ⓘ
openingLine For shame deny that thou bear’st love to any ⓘ
partOf Shakespeare's sonnets ⓘ
linked to: Sonnets
publisher Thomas Thorpe ⓘ
rhymeScheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GG ⓘ
sequence Fair Youth sequence ⓘ
subjectMatter the poet criticizes the addressee's self-love ⓘ
the poet urges the addressee to love others ⓘ
the poet urges the addressee to marry and beget children ⓘ
theme beauty and posterity ⓘ
emotional openness ⓘ
love ⓘ
procreation ⓘ
self-love ⓘ
selfishness ⓘ
tone admonitory ⓘ
pleading ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu → hasPart → Sonnet 10 ⓘ
Sonnet 10 → inCollectionWith → Sonnet 11 ⓘ
linked to: Sonnet 10
Fatal Interview → hasPart → Sonnet X ⓘ
linked to: Sonnet 10