Sonnet 71

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William Shakespeare

1609

Sonnet 71 by William Shakespeare

Release Date

Thu Jan 01 1609

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William Shakespeare

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Sonnet 71 in the 1609 Quarto.

This sonnet in the sequence dedicated to the Fair Youth is one of Shakespeare’s most widely anthologised poems. The speaker urges the adored boy not to grieve for him when he dies, as he wishes to spare the Youth pain.

This seems simple, but the sonnet is in fact comp...

Sonnet 71 Annotated

No longer mourn for me when I am dead
Than you shall hear the surly sullen bell
Give warning to the world that I am fled
From this vile world with vilest worms to dwell:
Nay, if you read this line, remember not
The hand that writ it, for I love you so,
That I in your sweet thoughts would be forgot,
If thinking on me then should make you woe.
O! if, I say, you look upon this verse,
When I perhaps compounded am with clay,
Do not so much as my poor name rehearse;
But let your love even with my life decay;
Lest the wise world should look into your moan,
And mock you with me after I am gone.

Sonnet 71 Q&A

Who wrote Sonnet 71's ?

Sonnet 71 was written by William Shakespeare.

When did William Shakespeare release Sonnet 71?

William Shakespeare released Sonnet 71 on Thu Jan 01 1609.

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