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Shakespeare’s Sonnets 1 – 17

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TAGS: jealousy, love, lust, mystery, procreation

17 sonnets in which the poet encourages his young friend to marry and have children.

Shakespeare’s Sonnets 18 – 32

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TAGS: desire, love, poetry, sleeplessness

15 poems in which the poet’s love for the “fair youth” is presented as both blessing and curse.

Shakespeare’s Sonnets 33 – 48

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TAGS: absence, infidelity, isolation, jealousy, love

16 poems that reflect on the absence of the “fair youth” and strive to make sense of his loneliness.

Shakespeare’s Sonnets 49 – 63

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TAGS: absence, decay, humility, insecurity, time

15 poems in which the poet wrestles with the young man’s absence and his own anxieties.

Shakespeare’s Sonnets 64 – 77

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TAGS: change, loss, love, nostalgia, old age, thoughts of death

14 poems in which anxieties about the passing of time inform his love for the “fair youth”.

Shakespeare’s Sonnets 78 – 90

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TAGS: insecurity, jealousy, modesty, rivalry, self-doubt

13 poems in which the poet fears he has a literary rival for the affections of the “fair youth”.

Shakespeare’s Sonnets 91 – 108

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TAGS: absence, immortality, inspiration, time, vulnerability

18 poems in which the poet reflects on the youth’s absence – and on his literary immortality.

Shakespeare’s Sonnets 109 – 126

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TAGS: absence, beauty, infidelity, obsession, scandal

18 poems in which the poet reflects on his own infidelity and its effect on his relationship with the “fair youth”.

Shakespeare’s Sonnets 127 – 140

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TAGS: Dark Lady, dishonesty, insecurity, jealousy, lust

14 poems in which the poet reflects on his turbulent relationship with the Dark Lady.

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Category: Sonnets

Shakespeare’s Sonnets 1 – 17

Shakespeare’s Sonnets 18 – 32

Shakespeare’s Sonnets 33 – 48

Shakespeare’s Sonnets 49 – 63

Shakespeare’s Sonnets 64 – 77

Shakespeare’s Sonnets 78 – 90

Shakespeare’s Sonnets 91 – 108

Shakespeare’s Sonnets 109 – 126

Shakespeare’s Sonnets 127 – 140

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