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Summary and Analysis Sonnet 89

William Shakespeare

Summary Continuing where the previous sonnet left off, this sonnet reveals an undertone of apprehension in the poet’s references to the young man. Whatever the slanderous accusation the youth will make against him, the poet promises to prove the youth justified. Loving the young man and knowing that the young […]

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Summary and Analysis Sonnet 88

William Shakespeare

Summary The poet speaks of his relationship with the young man as though it has been repaired after the rival poet’s departure, but his is a vision of how things might be rather than how they are. He proposes to prove that the youth is virtuous — although the youth […]

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Summary and Analysis Sonnet 87

William Shakespeare

Summary Sonnet 87 reads like a conclusion to the sonnet sequence describing the dominance of the rival poet, but in fact is the poet’s farewell to the youth, who has returned to him but “art too dear” for the poet to possess. The theme of farewell unifies this sonnet; in […]

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Summary and Analysis Sonnet 86

William Shakespeare

Summary Unlike the previous sonnets dealing with the rival poet, this last sonnet in the rival-poet sequence is written in the past tense and indicates that the rival is no longer a threat. Up to this point, the rival was shown gaining on the poet for the youth’s affection, and […]

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Summary and Analysis Sonnet 85

William Shakespeare

Summary The poet likens himself to an “unlettered clerk” and finds his Muse “tongue-tied” — the identical phrase the poet used in Sonnet 80 to characterize himself. His rival seems a more gifted poet and a better-esteemed person, but in supposing himself and his work to possess little virtue, the […]

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Summary and Analysis Sonnet 84

William Shakespeare

Summary The poet offers advice — while criticizing the rival poet — to any writer who wishes to achieve true poetry: Copying and interpreting nature are necessary for art, but lavishly ornamenting nature creates false art. For this reason, no distortion of the youth’s beauty describes him. The poet need […]

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Summary and Analysis Sonnet 83

William Shakespeare

Summary Apparently having been reproached by the youth for withdrawing from competition against the rival poet, the poet argues that it is better not to write any poetry than to write falsely. Recalling the phrase “gross painting” from the previous sonnet, the poet responds to what must have been the […]

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Summary and Analysis Sonnet 82

William Shakespeare

Summary A less subdued poet challenges the rival poet. In contrast to the intellectually fashionable rival, the poet possesses an intuitive, almost spiritual inspiration. As wise as his rival is merely clever, he agrees with the young man that his verse may be inferior to the beauty of its subject, […]

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Summary and Analysis Sonnet 81

William Shakespeare

Summary The poet rebounds somewhat in the face of the rival poet’s opposition. Reverting to tried-and-tested themes, he heroically assures the youth that he, unlike the rival poet, can immortalize the young man through his sonnets: “Your name from hence immortal life shall have, / Though I, once gone, to […]

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Summary and Analysis Sonnet 80

William Shakespeare

Summary The poet acknowledges that the rival poet displaces him in the youth’s favor. Feeling discouraged by the superiority of the “better spirit” of the rival poet, whom he describes throughout the sonnet using nautical imagery, the poet complains of being “tongue-tied,” unable to compete with his rival’s exalted verse. […]

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Book chapters

  • 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
  • Summary and Analysis Sonnet 142
  • Summary and Analysis Sonnet 141
  • Summary and Analysis Sonnet 140
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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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