Sonnet 20

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Album Sonnets

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William Shakespeare

1609

Sonnet 20 by William Shakespeare

Release Date

Thu Jan 01 1609

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William Shakespeare

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Sonnet 20 in the 1609 Quarto.

The opening line of Sonnet 20 — one of the more famous in the sequence — establishes the theme; the Fair Youth’s beauty crosses genders. This is one of the most complex sonnets; much of its meaning is elusive and subject to debate, as the detailed annotations will indi...

Sonnet 20 Annotated

A woman's face with nature's own hand painted,
Hast thou, the master mistress of my passion;
A woman's gentle heart, but not acquainted
With shifting change, as is false women's fashion:
An eye more bright than theirs, less false in rolling,
Gilding the object whereupon it gazeth;
A man in hue all hues in his controlling,
Which steals men's eyes and women's souls amazeth.
And for a woman wert thou first created;
Till Nature, as she wrought thee, fell a-doting,
And by addition me of thee defeated,
By adding one thing to my purpose nothing.
But since she prick'd thee out for women's pleasure,
Mine be thy love and thy love's use their treasure.

Sonnet 20 Q&A

Who wrote Sonnet 20's ?

Sonnet 20 was written by William Shakespeare.

When did William Shakespeare release Sonnet 20?

William Shakespeare released Sonnet 20 on Thu Jan 01 1609.

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