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Sonnets
Themes
there is a reversal of the traditional themes of love sonnets
the traditional love poems praising women's worth and beauty
Shakespeare addressed these love poems to a young man
While those devoted to a woman are negative and non-conventional
to explore universal themes
death
love
beauty
art
poet's experience as a drammatist had made him more conscious of the complexity and range of human feelings
The Shakespearean sonnet
they were published in 1609
the collection includes 154 sonnets in decasyllables
he employed three quatrains and a final couplet
they were not necessarily chronological
they have no title
Style
it is characterised by rich and vivid descriptive language
Shakespeare's speech is immediate
for the absence of classical references
style conversational
the use of question
the pronouns "thou" and "thee"
Fair youth (first section)
Sonnets I to XVIII
theme of "increase"
the poet encourages the young man to marry and preserve his virtues and beauty through his children
Sonnets XIX to CXXVI
different topics
"time" is an active antagonist and that the celebration of the beloved conveys a meditation on art and immortality
Sonnets LXXVIII to LXXXVI
"rival poet" who has addressed poems to the young man
Dark lady (second section)
Sonnets CXXVII to the end
they are addressed to a "dark lady" or "black woman"
she is phisically unattractive
the poet finds her irresistibly desirable