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Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets but not all of them are about love. Quite a few are about death, getting old, whether art is lasting and stuff like that.

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What are some famous poets who write about love?

shakespeare wrote alot of sonnets about love


What sonnets did William Shakespeare not write?

He didn't write Petrarch's sonnets. He didn't write Edmund Spenser's sonnets. He didn't write Elizabeth Barrett Browning's sonnets, and especially not "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways."


Who wrote sonnets about love?

William Shakespeare wrote sonnets about love.


What themes of love are explored in Shakespeare's sonnets?

Shakespeare's sonnets explore themes of romantic love, unrequited love, the passage of time, beauty, and the complexities of relationships.


What are Shakespeare's love poems called?

sonnets


What type of poem is Love by William Shakespeare?

Sonnet (Shakesperean sonnets)


What are some of Shakespeare's sonnets about love?

Some of Shakespeare's sonnets explore themes of love, including unrequited love, the passage of time, and the complexities of relationships. Sonnet 18 ("Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?") and Sonnet 116 ("Let me not to the marriage of true minds") are among his most famous love sonnets.


Who bases his sonnets on the love of his future wife?

William Shakespeare is known for basing his sonnets on the love of his future wife in the collection of sonnets dedicated to a young man and a mysterious dark lady. These sonnets explore themes of love, beauty, and the passage of time.


What were Shakespeare's love poems?

His famous love poems are his sonnets and they don't have names they are just numbered


Why did Shakespeare write sonnets?

In 1952 and 1953 the plague in London was so severe that the theaters were closed, so Shakespeare seemed to have turned his creative energies to poetry as a result. He wrote his long poem Venus and Adonis at this time and maybe sonnets as well.


How many plays did he write and how many sonnets and what is a sonnet?

William Shakespeare wrote 39 plays and 154 sonnets. A sonnet is a poetic form consisting of 14 lines, typically written in iambic pentameter, and often follows specific rhyme schemes, such as the Shakespearean (or English) sonnet, which has the rhyme scheme ABABCDCDEFEFGG. Shakespeare's sonnets explore themes of love, beauty, time, and mortality.


What were Shakespeare's sonnets about?

There are over 150 sonnets. Some are about love. Some are about loss. Some are dedicated to the Dark Lady. Others are about the joy of everyday occurrence's.