Why did William Shakespeare write Sonnet 130?

Why did William Shakespeare write Sonnet 130? Shakespeare must have known what he was doing when he wrote this sonnet because he ridicules an art form he himself was a master of. Being the ‘upstart Crow’ that he was, he couldn’t help but mock the other writers who were sticking to the Petrarchan model. What … Continue reading Why did William Shakespeare write Sonnet 130?