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Sonnet 18 and sonnet 116
The theme of the Sonnet 32 by Shakespeare was "handsome youth."
We cannot say with certainty. However, there is considerable evidence to suggest that all the poems in Sonnets 1-126 were addressed to Shakespeare's patron, Henry Wriothesley. In Sonnet 55 he appears to continue his flattery of the Earl through a recurring theme of immortality through verse (picked up here from the closing lines of the preceding sonnet). Read more in the link below.
Sonnet XXX. Shakespeare's sonnets do not have titles, just numbers.
yes
The speaker in William Shakespeare's sonnet 55 is referring to the poem itself as a powerful rhyme that will immortalize the subject's beauty for eternity. The speaker suggests that as long as people are able to read, the poem will continue to preserve the memory of the subject's beauty.
Sonnet 18 and sonnet 116
The theme of the Sonnet 32 by Shakespeare was "handsome youth."
I suppose you are talking about the "Shakespearean Sonnet". However, it is so named because Shakespeare used it, not because he invented it. Edmund Spenser was publishing sonnets in this form in 1590, and is the probable inventor.
We cannot say with certainty. However, there is considerable evidence to suggest that all the poems in Sonnets 1-126 were addressed to Shakespeare's patron, Henry Wriothesley. In Sonnet 55 he appears to continue his flattery of the Earl through a recurring theme of immortality through verse (picked up here from the closing lines of the preceding sonnet). Read more in the link below.
Sonnet XXX. Shakespeare's sonnets do not have titles, just numbers.
yes
The theme of the poem is that literature is more enduring than architecture.
The paradox in Sonnet 55 by William Shakespeare is the idea that the poem itself can defy time and preserve the memory of the beloved for eternity, despite the inevitable decay caused by time. This paradox highlights the power of art and poetry to transcend temporal limitations.
If you mean William Shakespeare's sonnet 73, it is not surprisingly a Shakespearean sonnet.
It's a sonnet of course.
spensarion sonnets or elizabethian sonnet