William Shakespeare's sonnet 116 was first published in 1609. Its structure and form are a typical example of the Shakespearean sonnet. The poet begins by...

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...

The term sonnet derives from the Italian word sonetto (lit. 'little song', from the Latin word sonus, lit. 'sound'). It refers to a fixed verse poetic...

steadfastness in poetry, as "steadfast star" by Spenser. Shakespeare's sonnet 116 is an example of the symbolism of the north star as a guiding principle:...

Sonnet 23 is one of a sequence of 154 sonnets written by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare, and is a part of the Fair Youth sequence...

word as early as 1592, Shakespeare still used the spelling "barke" in Sonnet 116 in 1609. Throughout the period of sail, the word was used also as a shortening...

Shakespeare's sonnet 117 was first published in 1609. It uses similar imagery to Sonnet 116 and expands on the challenge in the closing couplet ("If this...

finds / Or bends with the remover to remove." — William Shakespeare, Sonnet 116 "The greatest weakness of all weaknesses is to fear too much to appear...

engraved with the line "Love's not Time's fool", from William Shakespeare's Sonnet 116. One of his four children, Daren (1967–85), is buried with him, and is...

Paris taunts a confused Rory with a recital of William Shakespeare's Sonnet 116. When she suspects that Paris is sabotaging her every move, Rory publicly...