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Sonnet 101 by William Shakespeare
Sonnet 101 by William Shakespeare

Sonnet 101

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Sonnet 101 by William Shakespeare

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This Sonnet continues the themes set up in the previous sonnet, and relates writing and inspiration to his relationship with the Fair Youth. The absence of an effective Muse is a cause for frustration and dearth of poetic invention.

This sonnet continues the subjects raised in Sonnet 100, where th...

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Sonnet 101 Annotated

O truant Muse what shall be thy amends
For thy neglect of truth in beauty dyed?
Both truth and beauty on my love depends;
So dost thou too, and therein dignified.
Make answer Muse: wilt thou not haply say,
'Truth needs no colour, with his colour fixed;
Beauty no pencil, beauty's truth to lay;
But best is best, if never intermixed'?
Because he needs no praise, wilt thou be dumb?
Excuse not silence so, for't lies in thee
To make him much outlive a gilded tomb
And to be praised of ages yet to be.
Then do thy office, Muse; I teach thee how
To make him seem, long hence, as he shows now.

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Sonnet 101 was written by William Shakespeare.

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