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Shakespeare's sonnets
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collection of 154 sonnets by William Shakespeare, which covers themes such as the passage of time, love, beauty and mortality
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- Author
- James Schiffer
- First published
- 1999
- Editions
- 6
- Subjects
- English Sonnets, History and criticism, Histoire et critique, Sonett, Sonnets (Shakespeare, William), Sonnets anglais, Shakespeare, william, 1564-1616, sonnets, Shakespeare, william, 1564-1616, criticism and interpretation
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Key facts
- Author
- William Shakespeare
- Language
- Early Modern English
- Genre
- Renaissance poetry
- Publisher
- Thomas Thorpe
- Publication place
- England
- Text
- Shakespeare's Sonnets at Wikisource
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- literary work
- Author
- William Shakespeare
- Country of origin
- Kingdom of England
- Publisher
- Thomas Thorpe
- Image
- Sonnets1609titlepage.jpg
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- copyright status
- public domain
- Commons category
- Shakespeare's Sonnets
- topic's main category
- Category:Sonnets by William Shakespeare
- title
- Shakespeare's sonnets
- publication date
- 1609-00-00
- language of work or name
- Early Modern English
- form of creative work
- poetry collection
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Encyclopedic overview
William Shakespeare (c. 23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) wrote sonnets on a variety of themes. When discussing or referring to Shakespeare's sonnets, it is almost always a reference to the 154 sonnets that were first published all together in a quarto in 1609. However, there are six additional sonnets that Shakespeare wrote and included in the plays Romeo and Juliet, Henry V and Love's Labour's Lost. There is also a partial sonnet found in the play Edward III.
Context
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shakespeare's sonnets” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.