Book description
Shakespeare's Sonnets have caused endless debate and
speculation: who is the dark lady, who is the 'only begetter'; and
what light do the poems shed on the life of the poet? Yet the sonnets
themselves can be enjoyed for their lyricism rather than their
intention.
Written as a form of personal confession - of love, of grief, of
anger, of jealousy and of lust - the sonnets encompass a huge range of
human emotion beautifully expressed within the restrictions of the
form. Some, such as 'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day' or 'Let
me not to the marriage of true minds' will be instantly familiar to
readers, while others, equally rich in imagery, are less well known.
Together they form a powerful meditation on the nature of love,
marriage, beauty and time.
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright of the 16th
and 17 centuries, now widely regarded as the greatest writer in the
English language and the word's pre-eminent dramatist.
