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While William Shakespeare’s reputation is based primarily on his plays, he became famous first as a poet. With the partial exception of the Sonnets (1609), quarried since the early 19th century for autobiographical secrets allegedly encoded in them, the nondramatic writings have traditionally been pushed...
William Shakespeare's poetry is an enduring testament to the power of language and the human experience. His works, including 'Sonnet 18,' are renowned for their poetic beauty, philosophical depth, and emotional resonance.
Sonnet 1: From fairest creatures we desire increase. By William Shakespeare. From fairest creatures we desire increase, That thereby beauty’s rose might never die, But as the riper should by time decease, His tender heir might bear his memory; But thou, contracted to thine own bright eyes,
Venus and Adonis. By William Shakespeare. Even as the sun with purple-colour’d face. Had ta’en his last leave of the weeping morn, Rose-cheek’d Adonis tried him to the chase; Hunting he lov’d, but love he laugh’d to scorn; Sick-thoughted Venus makes amain unto him, And like a bold-fac’d suitor ‘gins to woo him.
May 30, 2023 · Full text. Our collection. Essays and resources. Blog posts and podcasts. For teachers. Early printed texts. Introduction to the Sonnets. Few collections of poems—indeed, few literary works in general—intrigue, challenge, tantalize, and reward as do Shakespeare’s Sonnets.
Poetry. All's Well That Ends Well. As You Like It. The Comedy of Errors. Cymbeline. Love's Labours Lost. Measure for Measure. The Merry Wives of Windsor. The Merchant of Venice.
Sonnet 40: Take all my loves, my love, yea, take them all. By William Shakespeare. Take all my loves, my love, yea, take them all: What hast thou then more than thou hadst before? No love, my love, that thou mayst true love call—. All mine was thine before thou hadst this more. Then if for my love thou my love receivest,
