jan 1, 1609 - Sonnets Published

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In 1992 the theatres were closed by the great plague. Shakespeare didn’t waste his time. He wrote 154 sonnets which explored love, sex and beauty. Sonnets were a very popular artform in the Elizabethan period. A couple have become basic standards: Sonnet 18 (Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?), and Sonnet 116 (Let me not to the marriage of true minds).

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