Sonnet 44

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Album Sonnets

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William Shakespeare

1609

Sonnet 44 by William Shakespeare

Release Date

Thu Jan 01 1609

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William Shakespeare

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The speaker laments being separated from his love, wishing he could quickly close the space between them.

Sonnet 44 in the 1609 Quarto.
A notable characteristic is that Shakespeare uses the “scientific” ideas of his age, derived from Aristotle’s theories to highlight the yearning of the separated l...

Sonnet 44 Annotated

If the dull substance of my flesh were thought,
Injurious distance should not stop my way;
For then despite of space I would be brought,
From limits far remote, where thou dost stay.
No matter then although my foot did stand
Upon the farthest earth removed from thee;
For nimble thought can jump both sea and land
As soon as think the place where he would be.
But ah! thought kills me that I am not thought,
To leap large lengths of miles when thou art gone,
But that, so much of earth and water wrought,
I must attend time's leisure with my moan,
Receiving nought by elements so slow
But heavy tears, badges of either's woe.

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Sonnet 44 was written by William Shakespeare.

When did William Shakespeare release Sonnet 44?

William Shakespeare released Sonnet 44 on Thu Jan 01 1609.

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