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Summary and Analysis Sonnet 29

William Shakespeare

Summary Resenting his bad luck, the poet envies the successful art of others and rattles off an impressive catalogue of the ills and misfortunes of his life. His depression is derived from his being separated from the young man, even more so because he envisions the youth in the company […]

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Summary and Analysis Sonnet 28

William Shakespeare

Summary Images of absence, continued from the previous sonnet, show the poet at the point of emotional exhaustion and frustration due to his sleepless nights spent thinking about the young man. However, even though faced with the young man’s disinterest, the poet still refuses to break away from the youth. […]

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Summary and Analysis Sonnet 27

William Shakespeare

Summary The poet describes himself as being “weary with toil” and trying to sleep. The somber mood announces a new phase in the relationship. In the first four lines, the poet likens his state of mind to traveling afar. Restlessly, he cannot sleep because his mind is filled with thoughts […]

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Summary and Analysis Sonnet 26

William Shakespeare

Summary Sonnet 26 prepares for the young man’s absence from the poet, although the reason for this separation is not clear. The sonnet’s first two lines, “Lord of my love, to whom in vassalage / Thy merit hath my duty strongly knit,” show the poet’s submission to his love, using […]

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Summary and Analysis Sonnet 25

Amy Tan, William Shakespeare

Summary In Sonnet 25, which has as its theme mortality versus immortality, the poet contrasts himself with those “who are in favor with their stars,” implying that, though he is not numbered among those famous, fortunate people, their fame will not last, while his love will. Therefore, he is happy […]

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Summary and Analysis Sonnet 24

Amy Tan, William Shakespeare

Summary When the poet writes in Sonnet 24 of finding “where your true image pictured lies,” he focuses on a meaning of “true” in the sense of genuine as opposed to counterfeit. The young man’s beauty is often cast as a shape or appearance. Paintings, pictures, visual images, forms, shadows, […]

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Summary and Analysis Sonnet 23

William Shakespeare

Summary Most of Sonnet 23 compares the poet’s role as a lover to an actor’s timidity onstage. The image of the poor theatrical player nervously missing his lines is the first indication that the poet doubts whether his love for the young man is requited. The first two lines of […]

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Summary and Analysis Sonnet 22

William Shakespeare

Summary Until now, the poet’s feelings have soared to the level of rapture; in Sonnet 22, he suggests — perhaps deluding himself — that his affections are being returned by the youth. He declares that the youth’s beauty “Is but the seemly raiment of my heart, / Which in thy […]

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Summary and Analysis Sonnet 21

William Shakespeare

Summary Having explored the nature of his and the young man’s relationship in the previous sonnet, the poet now returns to his theme of immortality. Not only does he grant the youth immortality through his verse, but because the poet’s enduring love is repeatedly stressed as well, the poet himself […]

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Summary and Analysis Sonnet 20

William Shakespeare

Summary In this crucial, sensual sonnet, the young man becomes the “master-mistress” of the poet’s passion. The young man’s double nature and character, however, present a problem of description: Although to the poet he possesses a woman’s gentleness and charm, the youth bears the genitalia (“one thing”) of a man, […]

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  • 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
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