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What are the names of some of Shakespeare's sonnets?
Some of the names of Shakespeare's sonnets are The Fair Young Man, The Rival Poet, and The Dark Lady. All of these sonnets are also numbered off so, though they are all about the same thing, they are numbered in roman numerals.
Who did Shakespeare write about in the sonnets?
It is an endless source of debate. Scholars have identified a "handsome youth" and a "dark lady" as the persons to whom the sonnets are addressed. Some people think the "handsome youth" was Shakespeare's patron Henry Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton.
Who does shakespeare address his sonnets to?
The dedication to "Mr. W.H." in the published version of the sonnets was not signed by Shakespeare, but by Thomas Thorpe (T.T.) which some people have taken as an indication that the edition was published without Shakespeare's knowledge or consent. Thus the Mr. W.H. thing probably was not Shakespeare's dedication anyway. What is more, there are a plethora of theories about who this W.H. person might have been, many of which are more plausible than the Wriothesley theory which suffers from the fact that his initials were not W.H. and he was a titled person and therefore would never in a million years be addressed as "Mr." In any case, this confusing dedication has nothing to do with the unidentified people to whom the sonnets were actually addressed, identified strictly through internal evidence as the "Fair Youth" and "Dark Lady". There is plenty of wild speculation over who those people might have been as well.He dedicated his sonnets to Mr. W.H (full name is Henry Wriothesley)there are 2 main sequences of the sonnets:sonnets 1-126 that are addressed to a younger man (and this sequence is calledthe Fair Youth sequence)sonnets 127- 153 are different and more sexual and talk about women(this sequence is called the Dark Lady sequence)
Was Shakespeare faithful to his wife how and why?
We do not know for sure whether Shakespeare was faithful to Anne. Certainly she was happy to have him return home to Stratford in 1613--no objections were ever raised. But it is entirely possible that Shakespeare may have succumbed to the temptations of the city and his lonely exile from his home and family. Thomas Betterton claimed to be the illegitimate son of Shakespeare by his mother who lived on the road between London and Stratford. He might have been lying to boost his image, but we cannot prove it. If the sonnets reflect personal experience, he had an extra-marital affair with a dark haired, dark eyed woman who has become known as the Dark Lady of the Sonnets. Some scholars speculate that she was a Jewish musician from Venice whose married name was Lanier.
What were the plays called that William Shakespeare made?
some of them were called sonnets
