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.
There is considerable evidence that Shakespeare's Sonnets were originally created for the purpose of furthering a relationship with, and thereby obtaining the patronage of, Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton. The evidence is summarised in The Biography in Shakespeare's Sonnets (see link below)
Started writing because he hit depression before he met the love if his life.
because he likes to write like that
No, Shakespeare wrote plays, sonnets and poems.
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."
This is akin to asking whether the Pope is Catholic. Shakespeare is the second-most famous writer of sonnets in the world (after Petrarch).
He wrote sonnets.
Shakespeare did not title his sonnets.
No, Shakespeare wrote plays, sonnets and poems.
One of his sonnets are 'thou my lovely boy fu'
One of his sonnets are 'thou my lovely boy fu'
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."
This is akin to asking whether the Pope is Catholic. Shakespeare is the second-most famous writer of sonnets in the world (after Petrarch).
Probably with a quill pen on paper.
He wrote sonnets.
Yes he did, he wrote Sonnets which are considered poetry.
A young man and a dark lady.
Shakespeare did not title his sonnets.
He wrote 154 sonnets. That's a historical fact. The sonnets themselves do not deal with historical topics.
Shakespearean sonnets - sonnets by Shakespeare