Sonnet 127

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William Shakespeare

1609

Sonnet 127 by William Shakespeare

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Thu Jan 01 1609

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William Shakespeare

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Sonnet 127 in the 1609 Quarto.

This is the first sonnet in the poem in Shakespeare’s “"Dark Lady” sequence of sonnets. The Fair Youth is no longer the subject and the woman is now central. Her identity is unknown and, as with the boy, it is a matter of academic debate as to whether she is fictional...

Sonnet 127 Annotated

In the old age black was not counted fair,
Or if it were, it bore not beauty's name;
But now is black beauty's successive heir,
And beauty slandered with a bastard shame:
For since each hand hath put on Nature's power,
Fairing the foul with Art's false borrowed face,
Sweet beauty hath no name, no holy bower,
But is profaned, if not lives in disgrace.
Therefore my mistress' eyes are raven black,
Her eyes so suited, and they mourners seem
At such who, not born fair, no beauty lack,
Sland'ring creation with a false esteem:
Yet so they mourn becoming of their woe,
That every tongue says beauty should look so.

Sonnet 127 Q&A

Who wrote Sonnet 127's ?

Sonnet 127 was written by William Shakespeare.

When did William Shakespeare release Sonnet 127?

William Shakespeare released Sonnet 127 on Thu Jan 01 1609.

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