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Shakespeare's Sonnets (version 4)

Shakespeare's Sonnets (version 4)

By: William Shakespeare
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Shakespeare's sequence of 154 sonnets deals with such themes as love, time, death, immortality, lust, and sex. The poems follow but also depart from the Petrarchan tradition of sonnets written by a frustrated male lover to an unattainable idealized female beloved. Shakespeare's sonnets are addressed to both male and female lovers: the androgynous "young man" and the alluring yet dangerously sexual "dark lady." (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)Copyright Politics Genre Art Entertainment & Performing Arts Literary History & Criticism
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  • Shakespeare's Sonnets version 4 - William Shakespeare

    Shakespeare's Sonnets version 4 - William Shakespeare
    Jun 23 2026
    Shakespeare's sequence of 154 sonnets deals with such themes as love, time, death, immortality, lust, and sex. The poems follow but also depart from the Petrarchan tradition of sonnets written by a frustrated male lover to an unattainable idealized female beloved. Shakespeare's sonnets are addressed to both male and female lovers: the androgynous "young man" and the alluring yet dangerously sexual "dark lady." (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)
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    2 hrs and 29 mins
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