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Shakespeare - Sonnets
Shakespeare - Sonnets
Shakespeare - Sonnets
Sonnets
- Sonnets I to XVIII: a "fair youth", probably Shakespeare's patron, the Earl of Southampton;
- Reversal of the traditional themes of love sonnets. The poems are addressed to a young man.
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Use of Metaphors and Similes
Use of Personifications
Antithesis