Shakespeare's sonnets

Shakespeare's Sonnets
Thorpe edition of the sonnets (1609)
AuthorWilliam Shakespeare
LanguageEarly Modern English
GenreRenaissance poetry
PublisherThomas Thorpe
Publication date
1609
Publication placeEngland
TextShakespeare's Sonnets at Wikisource

William Shakespeare (1564–1616) wrote sonnets on a variety of themes. When discussing or referring to Shakespeare's sonnets, it is almost always a reference to the 154 sonnets that were first published all together in a quarto in 1609.[1] However, there are six additional sonnets that Shakespeare wrote and included in the plays Romeo and Juliet, Henry V and Love's Labour's Lost. There is also a partial sonnet found in the play Edward III.

  1. ^ "First edition of Shakespeare's Sonnets, 1609". The British Library. Retrieved 18 February 2019.