Sonnet 129

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Album Sonnets

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William Shakespeare

1609

Sonnet 129 by William Shakespeare

Release Date

Thu Jan 01 1609

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William Shakespeare

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Sonnet 129 in the 1609 Quarto.

This continues the sequence of sonnets dedicated by Shakespeare to his “"Dark Lady”. 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 or...

Sonnet 129 Annotated

The expense of spirit in a waste of shame
Is lust in action: and till action, lust
Is perjured, murderous, bloody, full of blame,
Savage, extreme, rude, cruel, not to trust;
Enjoyed no sooner but despised straight;
Past reason hunted; and no sooner had,
Past reason hated, as a swallowed bait
On purpose laid to make the taker mad,
Mad in pursuit and in possession so;
Had, having, and in quest to have extreme;
A bliss in proof, and proved, a very woe;
Before, a joy proposed; behind a dream.
All this the world well knows; yet none knows well
To shun the heaven that leads men to this hell.

Sonnet 129 Q&A

Who wrote Sonnet 129's ?

Sonnet 129 was written by William Shakespeare.

When did William Shakespeare release Sonnet 129?

William Shakespeare released Sonnet 129 on Thu Jan 01 1609.

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