By the following rhyming scheme
abab
cdcd
efef
gg
Shakespeare did not title his sonnets.
Petrarch (317 sonnets in his collection Il Canzionere)
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 wrote 154 sonnets, most of which have the rhyme scheme ababcdcdefefgg.
Versions of Sonnets 138 and 144 were published in, or shortly before, 1599 (in The Passionate Pilgrime). In 1598 Francis Meres referred in print to Shakespeare's unpublished "sugared sonnets". The First Quarto of Shakespeare's Sonnets was published in 1609.Based on this information, the orthodox view suggests that many of the sonnets were written before 1599 - though some may have been written or amended between that year and 1609. More precision is not forthcoming.However, the independent evidence for the biography in Shakespeare's Sonnets is more helpful (see link below). This evidence suggests that the sonnets were written during three main periods, approximately as follows:1592-95: Sonnets 1-94 and 127-1541596-99: Sonnets 95-1031603-04: Sonnets 104-126.
Shakespeare did not title his sonnets.
Petrarch (317 sonnets in his collection Il Canzionere)
Paul Edmondson has written: 'Shakespeare's sonnets' -- subject(s): English Sonnets, History and criticism
Shakespearean sonnets - sonnets by Shakespeare
Shakespeare's sonnets was created in 1609.
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 wrote 154 sonnets, most of which have the rhyme scheme ababcdcdefefgg.
B. Greenslade has written: 'Aspects of Shakespeare's Sonnets'
Hilton Landry has written: 'Interpretations in Shakespeare's sonnets'
Versions of Sonnets 138 and 144 were published in, or shortly before, 1599 (in The Passionate Pilgrime). In 1598 Francis Meres referred in print to Shakespeare's unpublished "sugared sonnets". The First Quarto of Shakespeare's Sonnets was published in 1609.Based on this information, the orthodox view suggests that many of the sonnets were written before 1599 - though some may have been written or amended between that year and 1609. More precision is not forthcoming.However, the independent evidence for the biography in Shakespeare's Sonnets is more helpful (see link below). This evidence suggests that the sonnets were written during three main periods, approximately as follows:1592-95: Sonnets 1-94 and 127-1541596-99: Sonnets 95-1031603-04: Sonnets 104-126.
Shakespearean sonnets - sonnets by Shakespeare
They are the poems numbered 1- 154 in the book, Shakespeare's Sonnets, published in 1609 plus a few included within the script of a number of his plays.