Take your pick of Shakespeare’s sonnets below, along with a modern English interpretation of each one aid understanding. Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets published in his ‘quarto’ in 1609, covering themes such as the passage of time, mortality, love, beauty, infidelity, and jealousy.

Explore each of Shakespeare’s 154 sonnets, with links to their corresponding analyses. Click on any sonnet to reveal the full poem text, with a short summary of the sonnet. Introduces many of the themes which echo through the rest of the collection. When your sweet issue your sweet form should bear. And barren rage of death's eternal cold?

All Sonnets. I. From fairest creatures we desire increase, That thereby beauty's rose might never die, But as the riper should by time decease, His tender heir might bear his memory: But thou contracted to thine own bright eyes, Feed'st thy light's flame with self-substantial fuel, Making a famine where abundance lies,

All the sonnets are provided here, with descriptive commentary attached to each one, giving explanations of difficult and unfamiliar words and phrases, and with a full analysis of any special problems of interpretation which arise.

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This is a complete list of Shakespearean sonnets, with both the number and opening line of each included. Click on the individual number to link to a transcript of the sonnet in its entirety (minus some of the rather curious spellings and punctuation of the late 16th and early 17th centuries!).

Aug 4, 2019 · Shakespeare left behind 154 of the most wonderfully written sonnets. This list of Shakespearean Sonnets indexes them all with links to study guides and original texts. The list is broken down into three sections: The Fair Youth Sonnets, …

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Read all 154 of William Shakespeare's sonnets from 1609.

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