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Critical Essay  Is Shakespeare Shakespeare? Many books present facts, reasonable suppositions, traditions, and …

William Shakespeare Biography Born in 1564, William Shakespeare was the eldest son of John and Mary Shakespeare. …

Summary and Analysis  Sonnet 21 Having explored the nature of his and the young man's relationship in the pre…

Summary and Analysis  Sonnet 20 In this crucial, sensual sonnet, the young man becomes the "master-mistress…

Summary and Analysis  Sonnet 19 In Sonnet 19, the poet addresses Time and, using vivid animal imagery, comments o…

Summary and Analysis  Sonnet 18 One of the best known of Shakespeare's sonnets, Sonnet 18 is memorable for th…

Summary and Analysis  Sonnet 17 In the earlier sonnets, the poet's main concern was to persuade the youth to …

Summary and Analysis  Sonnet 16 Sonnet 16 continues the arguments for the youth to marry and at the same time now…

Summary and Analysis In Sonnet 15's first eight lines, the poet surveys how objects mutate — decay — over time…

Summary and Analysis Sonnet 13 depends on an intimate relationship between the poet and the young man that is symb…

Summary and Analysis Sonnet 13 furthers Sonnet 12's theme of death by again stating that death will forever va…