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Several candidates have been proposed over the years. To date we have insufficient information to be confident of any identification.
However, the most realistic candidate (whose circumstances are consistent with the larger biography discernible in Shakespeare's Sonnets - see related link below) is Emilia Bassano.
The Dark Lady Sonnet writen by William Shakespear has a simple yet memorable meaning. In the old times dark hair was not seen as fair or as beautiful than blonde hair. In The Dark Lady sonnet William Shakespear talks about his dark haired, dark eyed lover and how beautiful she is. Closer to the end he insults people who wear cosmetics and cover up their natural beauty as they were not born fair. C.Y
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Who is Shakespeare talking about in his sonnet 55?
Dark Lady
Shakespeare's rumored mistress is usually referred to by what name?
William Shakespeare makes reference to a Dark Lady in his sonnets - but no-one knows who this dark lady is. (Shakespeare also appears to refer to Anne Hathaway in Sonnet CXLV). There may not even have been a Dark Lady: many sonnetteers at the time invented girlfriends to write poems about. We know that Shakespeare rented a room from George Wilkins early in his career. And we know that George Wilkins managed a brothel at around the same time. Perhaps William Shakespeare knew one of the working girls. (John Mortimer suggest this very convincingly in his 1977 series of TV plays William Shakespeare).
What play is 'shall i compare thee to a summers day' in?
These words are not in a play. "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" is the first line of Shakespeare's sonnet number XVIII (18), officially dedicated to the Dark Lady.
Who is the speaker in Sonnet 130?
Probably Shakespeare.The description of the mistress is consistent with detail elsewhere in the Sonnets and there is good evidence that the latter are essentially autobiography. For more on this concept read The Biography in Shakespeare's Sonnetsat the link below.
Who did Shakespeare dedicate his 154 sonnets to?
Here's your answer: "Shakespeare addresses Sonnets 1 through 126 to an unidentified young man with outstanding physical and intellectual attributes. The first 17 of these urge the young man to marry so that he can pass on his superior qualities to a child, thereby allowing future generations to enjoy and appreciate these qualities when the child becomes a man. In Sonnet 18, Shakespeare alters his viewpoint, saying his own poetry may be all that is necessary to immortalize the young man and his qualities........In Sonnets 127 through 154, Shakespeare devotes most of his attention to addressing a mysterious "dark lady"-a sensuous, irresistible woman of questionable morals who captivates the poet. References to the dark lady also appear in previous sonnets (35, 40, 41, 42), in which Shakespeare reproaches the young man for an apparent liaison with the dark lady. The first two lines of Sonnet 41 chide the young man for "those petty wrongs that liberty commits / when I am sometime absent from thy heart," a reference to the young man's wrongful wooing of the dark lady. The last two lines, the rhyming couplet, further impugn the young man for using his good looks to attract the dark lady. In Sonnet 42, the poet charges, "thou dost love her, because thou knowst I love her." "They were dedicated to Mr. W.H., except nobody is really sure who that is. A prime contender is Henry Wriothesley the Earl of Southampton, except of course that he is really Mr. H.W.
Who is Shakespeare talking about in his sonnet 55?
Dark Lady
Who wrote The Dark Lady?
William Shakespeare Shakespeare did indeed write about a dark lady in a couple of his sonnets which has prompted some Shakespearean scholars to speculate that he had either a Jewish or a Moorish mistress. (The evidence for this is slight) There is however no play or sonnet by Shakespeare entitled 'The Dark Lady'.
To what three people are the poems in Shakespeare’s sonnet cycle addressed?
his wife, the dark lady and a fair youth
Shakespeare's rumored mistress is usually referred to by what name?
William Shakespeare makes reference to a Dark Lady in his sonnets - but no-one knows who this dark lady is. (Shakespeare also appears to refer to Anne Hathaway in Sonnet CXLV). There may not even have been a Dark Lady: many sonnetteers at the time invented girlfriends to write poems about. We know that Shakespeare rented a room from George Wilkins early in his career. And we know that George Wilkins managed a brothel at around the same time. Perhaps William Shakespeare knew one of the working girls. (John Mortimer suggest this very convincingly in his 1977 series of TV plays William Shakespeare).
What play is 'shall i compare thee to a summers day' in?
These words are not in a play. "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" is the first line of Shakespeare's sonnet number XVIII (18), officially dedicated to the Dark Lady.
Who did William Shakespeare write his sonnets about?
A young man and a dark lady.
Who was the dark lady in Romeo and Juliet?
The dark lady was the hypothetical person to whom some of Shakespeare's sonnets are addressed. She has nothing to do with Romeo and Juliet.
Who is the speaker in Sonnet 130?
Probably Shakespeare.The description of the mistress is consistent with detail elsewhere in the Sonnets and there is good evidence that the latter are essentially autobiography. For more on this concept read The Biography in Shakespeare's Sonnetsat the link below.
Why was William Shakespeare married to the black lady?
I have never heard of Mrs. Shakespeare (nee Anne Hathaway) referred to as "the black lady". Do you mean "the dark lady" of the sonnets? Not a lot of people think that he was writing about his wife there.
Did William Shakespeare have four children?
Shakespeare had three children with his wife, Anne Hathaway Shakespeare. If he had a child with his mistress, the Dark Lady, then that would have been the fourth.
What actors and actresses appeared in The Dark Lady of the Sonnets - 1939?
The cast of The Dark Lady of the Sonnets - 1939 includes: Angela Baddeley as Dark Lady Helen Haye as Queen Elizabeth Henry Oscar as William Shakespeare Reginald Purdell as Beefeater
What actors and actresses appeared in The Dark Lady of the Sonnets - 1946?
The cast of The Dark Lady of the Sonnets - 1946 includes: Dorothy Black as Queen Elizabeth I Alban Blakelock as Beefeater Lesley Deane as The Dark Lady Henry Oscar as William Shakespeare
