Sonnet 1 by William Shakespeare
Sonnet 1 by William Shakespeare

Sonnet 1

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Sonnet 1 by William Shakespeare

Release Date
Thu Jan 01 1609
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Shakespeare’s first sonnet sets the tone for the following group of ‘procreation’ sonnets, 1-17.

The first sonnet in the 1609 Quarto.

Scholars are uncertain whether the sonnet was originally written for a woman or a man, though most agree that a man is more likely. It’s part of the Fair Youth sequ...

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Sonnet 1 Annotated

From fairest creatures we desire increase,
That thereby beauty's rose might never die,
But as the riper should by time decease,
His tender heir might bear his memory:
But thou contracted to thine own bright eyes,
Feed'st thy light's flame with self-substantial fuel,
Making a famine where abundance lies,
Thy self thy foe, to thy sweet self too cruel:
Thou that art now the world's fresh ornament,
And only herald to the gaudy spring,
Within thine own bud buriest thy content,
And, tender churl, mak'st waste in niggarding:
Pity the world, or else this glutton be,
To eat the world's due, by the grave and thee.

Sonnet 1 Q&A

Who wrote Sonnet 1's ?

Sonnet 1 was written by William Shakespeare.

When did William Shakespeare release Sonnet 1?

William Shakespeare released Sonnet 1 on Thu Jan 01 1609.

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