Who were Shakespeare’s sonnets addressed to?
Who were Shakespeare’s sonnets addressed to? Sonnets 1 to 126 seem to be addressed to a young man, socially superior to the speaker. The first 17 sonnets encourage this youth to marry and father children, because otherwise ‘[t]hy end is truth’s and beauty’s doom and date’ (Sonnet 14) – that is, his beauty will die … Continue reading Who were Shakespeare’s sonnets addressed to?
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