It was originally called "Shakespeare's Sonnets" and was first published in 1609. It has since been reprinted many times, sometimes under the same title, and sometimes as part of a "Collected Works" anthology.
Shakespeare did not title his sonnets.
Shakespearean sonnets - sonnets by Shakespeare
Shakespeare's sonnets was created in 1609.
Shakespeare's Sonnets were first published in 1609, by the London printer Thomas Thorpe. Sonnets 138 and 144 had appeared earlier, in the 1599 anthology The Passionate Pilgrim. The fashion for sonnets lasted from about 1580 until the very early 1600's - and for those twenty years sonnets were as cool and hip as rap is today. So by publishing in 1609, Shakespeare's sonnets had missed the boom years. But there are many references to sonnets written by Shakespeare much earlier than this (and we can see from the subject matter of many of the sonnets that they must have been written long before they were published). So it looks like Shakespeare's sonnets were originally passed round by hand, and only published as an afterthought (after Shakespeare had already become the most famous living playwright).
Shakespearean sonnets - sonnets by Shakespeare
Before 1598 when they were praised by Francis Meres and two were published in the anthology "The Passionate Pilgrim". How long before, we don't know.
The volume Shakespeare's Sonnets [1609] contains 154 sonnets, so the usual answer to this question is 154. There are a few 'sonnets' embedded in the plays (particularly in Romeo and Juliet); but people don't normally include these among Shakespeare's Sonnets (for a number of reasons).
William Shakespeare wrote sonnets about love.
William Shakespeare is best known for his sonnets. Shakespeare published a total of 154 sonnets. Sonnets contain fourteen lines with a specific rhyme scheme.
Shakespeare was famous for his plays and his poems and his sonnets.
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