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Summary and Analysis Sonnet 152

William Shakespeare

Summary The end of the relationship between the poet and the woman becomes apparent. Addressing the woman with a sense of shame and outrage, the poet is fully conscious of his own adultery and that of his mistress, as well as her infidelity to him and his lack of moral […]

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Summary and Analysis Sonnet 151

William Shakespeare

Summary If the poet ever hoped that his soul would win out over his body, as he does in Sonnet 146, and that his reason would return to govern his senses, he was sadly mistaken. In Sonnet 151, his body’s lust for the woman completely controls his actions and thoughts. […]

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Summary and Analysis Sonnet 150

William Shakespeare

Summary Using a more rational tone than in the previous sonnet, the poet tries to understand why he cannot completely break from the woman. He shifts his approach, asking what incredible power the woman uses to enslave him; earlier he had asked himself what his own character flaws were that […]

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Summary and Analysis Sonnet 149

William Shakespeare

Summary Sonnet 149 recalls the poet’s abject defense of the youth’s insulting behavior. The main theme, however, is the conflict between reason and infatuation. Bemoaning the woman’s treatment of him even more fervently than before, the poet is quickly slipping into madness: “Canst thou, O cruel, say I love thee […]

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Summary and Analysis Sonnet 148

William Shakespeare

Summary In Sonnet 148, a companion to the previous sonnet, the poet admits that his judgment is blind when it comes to love. Again his eyes are false and misperceive reality, and reason has fled him: “O me, what eyes hath Love put in my head, / Which have no […]

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Summary and Analysis Sonnet 147

William Shakespeare

Summary The final sonnets concerning the mistress, beginning with this one, return the poet to the disturbed state of previous sonnets. The image of feeding in Sonnet 146 continues in Sonnet 147, only now the feeding is not on death but on illness, and there is no possibility of immortality […]

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Summary and Analysis Sonnet 146

William Shakespeare

Summary The poet now somberly ponders why his soul, as “Lord” of his body, spends so much of its time seeking earthly desires when it should be most concerned about ensuring its immortality. The first eight lines are a series of questions addressed to the soul. Why, the poet asks, […]

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Summary and Analysis Sonnet 145

William Shakespeare

Summary As the sequel to the previous sonnet, Sonnet 145 is a trivial treatment of love. The mistress grants pity on the poet in contrast to previous sonnets, in which she was merciless. Before, her only words to the poet were “I hate,” but once she sees how he “languished […]

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Summary and Analysis Sonnet 144

William Shakespeare

Summary Sonnet 144 is the only sonnet that explicitly refers to both the Dark Lady and the young man, the poet’s “Two loves.” Atypically, the poet removes himself from the love triangle and tries to consider the situation with detachment. The humor of the previous sonnet is missing, and the […]

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Summary and Analysis Sonnet 143

William Shakespeare

Summary The image of an errant mistress chasing chickens while neglecting her infant suggests a love triangle between the woman, the young man, and the poet. The youth is “one of her feathered creatures” and the poet “her babe.” Incredibly, and almost pitifully, the poet again begs the woman to […]

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Book chapters

  • Shakespeare Dramatic Irony
  • Courage and “Grace Under Pressure” across Hemingway’s Works
  • Old Man and Sea Themes Symbolism Hemingway Analysis
  • Exploring the Volta in Shakespeare’s Sonnets
  • Shakespeare’s Sonnets Explained: Themes, Structure, and Study Tips
  • Study Help Essay Questions
  • Study Help Full Glossary for Shakespeare’s Sonnets
  • Critical Essay Is Shakespeare Shakespeare?
  • William Shakespeare Biography
  • Summary and Analysis Sonnets 153 and 154 – Cupid
  • Summary and Analysis Sonnet 152
  • Summary and Analysis Sonnet 151
  • Summary and Analysis Sonnet 150
  • Summary and Analysis Sonnet 149
  • Summary and Analysis Sonnet 148
  • Summary and Analysis Sonnet 147
  • Summary and Analysis Sonnet 146
  • Summary and Analysis Sonnet 145
  • Summary and Analysis Sonnet 144
  • Summary and Analysis Sonnet 143
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AENEID AGAMEMNON, THE CHOEPHORI AND THE EUMENIDES THE AGE OF INNOCENCE THE ALCHEMIST
ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND ALL THE KING'S MEN ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE ALL THE PRETTY HORSES
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL THE AMBASSADORS THE AMERICAN
AMERICAN POETS OF THE 20TH CENTURY AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY ANDROMACHE ANIMAL FARM
ANNA KARENINA ANTHEM ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA ARMS AND THE MAN
ARROWSMITH AS I LAY DYING AS YOU LIKE IT THE ASSISTANT
ATLAS SHRUGGED THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MALCOLM X THE AWAKENING
BABBITT BARTLEBY THE SCRIVENER THE BELL JAR BELOVED
BENITO CERENO BEOWULF THE BEAN TREES BILLY BUDD
BLACK BOY BLACK ELK SPEAKS BLEAK HOUSE BLESS ME ULTIMA
THE BLUEST EYE THE BOOK THIEF BRADBURY'S SHORT STORIES BRAVE NEW WORLD
THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV THE CALL OF THE WILD
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