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Essay Archive - Shakespeare's Sonnet Number 126: Critique
Shakespeare's Sonnet Number 126: Critique
Shakespeare's sonnets, as poems, have been obscured by the enormous amount
of speculation, much of it unjustified, that has grown up around the problems
presented by the dedication. The following sonnet is commonly grouped with 125
others that are believed to have been written to a much admired young man, who
was Shakespeare's junior in both years and social status.
The form in which the poem is written is often referred to as Shakespearean
or English form. As in most of Shakespeare's sonnets the argument proceeds by
quatrains. Each quatrain presents an idea in itse....
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