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Title: Sonnets on Sundry Notes of Music
Credits: This etext was prepared by the PG Shakespeare Team, a team of about twenty Project Gutenberg volunteers
Summary: "Sonnets on Sundry Notes of Music" by William Shakespeare is a collection of poetic works that blends themes of love and nature through enchanting lyricism. Written during the late 16th to early 17th century, this book captures the essence of the Elizabethan era, where poetry was a popular form of expression, particularly regarding the complexities of human emotions. The likely topic of the book revolves around the interplay of love, desire, and the beauty of nature, illustrated through a series of sonnets. The content of the collection features a variety of sonnets that explore different facets of love, from its joys to its heartbreaks. In the poems, Shakespeare personifies emotions and presents vivid imagery of idyllic pastoral scenes, often contrasting the beauty of nature with the pain of love unrequited or lost. The speaker laments the fickleness of fortune and reflects on the nature of true friendship, contemplating how relationships can shift with changing circumstances. In essence, the collection serves as an evocative meditation on love's complications, delivered through Shakespeare's masterful command of language and rhythm. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 77.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
EBook No.: 1546
Published: Nov 1, 1998
Downloads: 102
Language: English
Subject: English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700
LoCC: Language and Literatures: English literature
Category: Text
Rights: Copyrighted. Read the copyright notice inside this book for details.
This edition has images.
Title: Sonnets on Sundry Notes of Music
Credits: This etext was prepared by the PG Shakespeare Team, a team of about twenty Project Gutenberg volunteers
Summary: "Sonnets on Sundry Notes of Music" by William Shakespeare is a collection of poetic works that blends themes of love and nature through enchanting lyricism. Written during the late 16th to early 17th century, this book captures the essence of the Elizabethan era, where poetry was a popular form of expression, particularly regarding the complexities of human emotions. The likely topic of the book revolves around the interplay of love, desire, and the beauty of nature, illustrated through a series of sonnets. The content of the collection features a variety of sonnets that explore different facets of love, from its joys to its heartbreaks. In the poems, Shakespeare personifies emotions and presents vivid imagery of idyllic pastoral scenes, often contrasting the beauty of nature with the pain of love unrequited or lost. The speaker laments the fickleness of fortune and reflects on the nature of true friendship, contemplating how relationships can shift with changing circumstances. In essence, the collection serves as an evocative meditation on love's complications, delivered through Shakespeare's masterful command of language and rhythm. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 77.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
EBook No.: 1546
Published: Nov 1, 1998
Downloads: 102
Language: English
Subject: English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700
LoCC: Language and Literatures: English literature
Category: Text
Rights: Copyrighted. Read the copyright notice inside this book for details.