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Shakespeare did not title his sonnets.
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He wrote 154 sonnets. That's a historical fact. The sonnets themselves do not deal with historical topics.
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."
Samuel Waddington has written: 'English sonnets by poets of the past' -- subject(s): Accessible book, English Sonnets 'A century of sonnets' 'Some views respecting a future life' -- subject(s): Future life, Immortality 'The sonnets of Europe' -- subject(s): English poetry, Sonnets, Translations
Lawrence McDonald has written: 'Songs and sonnets' -- subject- s -: Sonnets
Edward Jones has written: 'Milton's sonnets' -- subject(s): Bibliography, English Sonnets, History and criticism, Sonnets, English
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Donne's sonnets often do not follow the traditional sonnet structure of three quatrains and a couplet. He plays with rhyme scheme, stanza length, and meter more freely than other English sonnet writers, often using irregular patterns. Donne also introduces conceits and metaphysical themes in his sonnets that set them apart from traditional love sonnets.
Mary York Sampson has written: '52 sonnets' -- subject(s): American Sonnets
Margarette A. Hoard has written: 'Ten sonnets and other verses' -- subject(s): American Sonnets
Paul Edmondson has written: 'Shakespeare's sonnets' -- subject(s): English Sonnets, History and criticism
many poets write them, though they may interpret the form loosely
Murray Linwood Marshall has written: 'Representative Spenserian sonnets' -- subject(s): English Sonnets
Edwina Sherudi has written: 'Grandma strikes back' -- subject(s): Grandparents, Parent and child 'Sonnets from a Maryland suburb' -- subject(s): American Sonnets
Rheinhart Kleiner has written: 'A trilogy of sonnets for Edwin B. Hill' -- subject(s): American Sonnets, Poetry