The "fair youth" in Shakespeare's sonnets is typically interpreted as a young man of great beauty and charm, who is the subject of admiration and love in several of the poems. Many scholars believe this character represents a real individual, possibly a patron of Shakespeare's, such as Henry Wriothesley, the Earl of Southampton. The sonnets express deep affection, longing, and a complex relationship between the poet and this youth, exploring themes of beauty, time, and mortality. The identity of the fair youth remains a topic of debate among literary scholars.
sonnet 18
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Iambic pentameter.
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It makes fun of the blazon and exaggerated comparisons of beauty.
No, sonnet 116 is among those addressed to a young man known only as the Fair Youth.
sonnet 18
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his wife, the dark lady and a fair youth
Iambic pentameter.
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It makes fun of the blazon and exaggerated comparisons of beauty.
Macbeth
The theme of the Sonnet 32 by Shakespeare was "handsome youth."
Probably either Sonnet 18 ("Shall I compare thee to as summer's day") or Sonnet 116 ("Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments")
"In fair Verona, where we lay our scene."
The rhyme scheme of "Sonnet: Men call you fair" by Edna St. Vincent Millay is ABBA ABBA CDCD EE.