Shakespeare’s Sonnets (1609)

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Shakespeare’s Sonnets (1609)

Poetry Queen Elizabeth reigned 1558-1603, but her period was so influential that the Elizabethan style of poetry extends into the mid-1600s.

Sonnets Petrarchan Sonnet (made famous by Francesco Petrarch, 1304-74): 14 lines Octave: 8 lines (a-b-b-a, a-b-b-a) Sestet: 6 lines (c-d-e, c-d-e) English / Shakespearean Sonnet: 14 lines 3 verses: (a-b-a-b, c-d-c-d, e-f-e-f) Couplet: (g-g) Period of popularity: 1500-1688

Themes Elaborate, sophisticated vocabulary: artifice, not naturality (also in music) Love: Forbidden love, young love, poems of pleading Aristocratic and classical / heroic subjects Startling, extreme, or sexual comparisons or imagery Poems written in court circles for promotions, patrons, or royal favor Poems generally written by aristocrats for small audiences Devotional and religious poems

Shakespeare’s Sonnets (1593-97) - Possibly written during a plague summer (1596) when theaters were closed for public safety - Was Shakespeare bored, or did he have a patron? - Who is the fair youth? Who is the dark lady? Or are they just topics? - The sonnets were published without Shakespeare’s consent. Why?