To whom did Shakespeare write his sonnets?

Answer 1

Some Shakespearean sonnets are:

My misteresse's eyes are nothing like the sun

My glass shall not persuade me I am old

No longer mourn for me when I am gone.

If you wanna find more, go to Google, type William Shakespeare site-map, and hit " I'm feeling lucky". You can't go wrong

Answer 2

Two of Shakespeare's sonnets were published in the 1599 compilation The Passionate Pilgrim and all of them were subsequently published in the collection Shake-speare's Sonnets published in 1609. They have been in print continuously since.
The sonnets as a collection were published in 1609. A couple of them had been previously published in an anthology called The Passionate Pilgrim in 1599.
1609

Answer 3

Sonnets are originally Italian. The Shakespearean Sonnet is an English adaptation, the most famous examples of which appear in a cycle of 154 poems by William Shakespeare.

A sonnet is a 'poetic form', which just means a type of poem.

Like most types of poem, it is identified by a combination of its structure, rhyme scheme, rhythmic meter and subject matter.

Structurally, sonnets have fourteen lines, sometimes grouped into an initial eight and then a further six. These are called, respectively, the octave and the sestet.

Italian sonnets usually rhyme ABBAABBA or ABBACDDC then XYZXYZ or XYXYXY.

Shakespearean sonnets take a different structure: ABAB CDCD EFEF GG. As you can see, the distinction between octave and sestet is softened in the Shakespearean form. Shakespearean sonnets are sometimes better described as having four quatrains, or groups of four lines, and a final couplet, or a pair of rhyming lines.

Metrically, Sonnets are usually written in iambic pentameter. This means each line contains five iambic 'feet', or five pairs of syllables which are alternately unstressed then stressed.

The opening line of sonnet 147, 'My love is as a fever, longing still', provides an example. I have used forward slashes to divide the feet and capital letters to mark the syllable stress.

'my LOVE / is AS/ a FEV / er, LONG / ing STILL'

Meter is the most flexible element of a Shakespearean sonnet. It is an order which exists to be broken. Where and how this breakage occurs are usually sites of interest in any interpretation of a sonnet.

Finally, subject matter. This is by necessity a generalisation but it's fair to say that sonnets often tackle the subject of love, in many cases impossible, forbidden or unrequited love. It's widely believed Shakespeare's sonnets address one or more figures whom the voice of the poem could be said to love. The identity and gender of these figures, and the character of that love, be it spiritual, physical, intellectual, fraternal, a combination thereof or anything else, remain extremely controversial.

This has been an attempt to sketch out the basics of a Shakespearean sonnet, not a prescription for one. Though some contemporary poets avoid the form because it is so freighted with historical associations, others seem to weave this into the fabric of their work. Variations, sometimes bold, sometimes extremely subtle, enrich the form.

Answer 4

Shakespeare's sonnets were written to a young man, often referred to as the Fair Youth, and a woman known as the Dark Lady. The exact identity of these individuals remains a mystery and continues to be a topic of speculation among scholars.

Answer 5

Your local library must have a copy.

you can also look on the internet.

Answer 6

They are entitled "Sonnet" followed by their number. e.g. Sonnet 16.

Answer 7

to the dark lady