Archivi Giornalieri: 1 Set 2023

«If there be nothing new, but that which is Hath been before, how are our brains beguiled».  Sonnet 59 dwells on the paradox that what is […]

«That god forbid that made me first your slave, I should in thought control your times of pleasure».  As in so many other sonnets, the poet’s […]

«Being your slave, what should I do but tend Upon the hours and times of your desire?».  In Sonnet 57, the poet argues that he is […]

«Sweet love, renew thy force; be it not said Thy edge should blunter be than appetite».  Much like in Sonnet 52, the poet accepts that separation […]

«Not marble, nor the gilded monuments Of princes, shall outlive this powerful rhyme».  Sonnet 55, one of Shakespeare’s most famous verses, asserts the immortality of the […]

«O, how much more doth beauty beauteous seem By that sweet ornament which truth doth give!».  The rose image in this sonnet symbolizes immortal truth and […]

«What is your substance, whereof are you made, That millions of strange shadows on you tend?».  A more relaxed poet appears to have forgotten his previous […]

«So am I as the rich, whose blessed key Can bring him to his sweet up-locked treasure».  The poet grows more accepting of his separation from […]

«Thus can my love excuse the slow offence Of my dull bearer when from thee I speed».  The companion to the previous sonnet, Sonnet 51 further […]

«How heavy do I journey on the way, When what I seek, my weary travel’s end».  Nothing suggests where the poet is journeying in this and […]

«Against that time, if ever that time come, When I shall see thee frown on my defects».  All pride is missing in this sonnet, whose first […]

«How careful was I, when I took my way, Each trifle under truest bars to thrust».  The youth keeps the poet on edge, and once again […]