Sonnet 24

William Shakespeare * Track #24 On Sonnets

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Album Sonnets

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William Shakespeare

1609

Sonnet 24 by William Shakespeare

Release Date

Thu Jan 01 1609

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William Shakespeare

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Text of Sonnet 24 from the 1609 Quarto.

Sonnet 24 leads on from the previous sonnet in that the Bard draws on his creative skills to portray the beauty of the Fair Youth. However, it is his eye that “hath played the painter” rather than his eloquent pen that he must depend on. These skills have the...

Sonnet 24 Annotated

Mine eye hath played the painter and hath stelled
Thy beauty's form in table of my heart;
My body is the frame wherein 'tis held
And perspective that is best painter's art
For through the painter must you see his skill
To find where your true image pictured lies
Which in my bosom's shop is hanging still
That hath his windows glazed with thine eyes
Now see what good turns eyes for eyes have done:
Mine eyes have drawn thy shape, and thine for me
Are windows to my breast, where-through the sun
Delights to peep, to gaze therein on thee;
Yet eyes this cunning want to grace their art
They draw but what they see, know not the heart

Sonnet 24 Q&A

Who wrote Sonnet 24's ?

Sonnet 24 was written by William Shakespeare.

When did William Shakespeare release Sonnet 24?

William Shakespeare released Sonnet 24 on Thu Jan 01 1609.

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