Sonnet 96

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Album Sonnets

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William Shakespeare

1609

Sonnet 96 by William Shakespeare

Release Date

Thu Jan 01 1609

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William Shakespeare

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Text from Sonnet 96 in the 1609 Quarto.

This sonnet is part of the sequence, numbers 1–126, dedicated to The Fair Youth. The identity of the young man is unknown to this day, although various possibilities have been speculated.

The speaker downplays the youth’s faults by making the argument that...

Sonnet 96 Annotated

Some say thy fault is youth, some wantonness;
Some say thy grace is youth and gentle sport;
Both grace and faults are lov'd of more and less:
Thou mak'st faults graces that to thee resort.
As on the finger of a throned queen
The basest jewel will be well esteem'd,
So are those errors that in thee are seen
To truths translated, and for true things deem'd.
How many lambs might the stern wolf betray,
If like a lamb he could his looks translate!
How many gazers mightst thou lead away,
If thou wouldst use the strength of all thy state!
But do not so; I love thee in such sort,
As, thou being mine, mine is thy good report.

Sonnet 96 Q&A

Who wrote Sonnet 96's ?

Sonnet 96 was written by William Shakespeare.

When did William Shakespeare release Sonnet 96?

William Shakespeare released Sonnet 96 on Thu Jan 01 1609.

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