english literature
Sonnet 57: Being Your Slave, What Should I Do but Tend
Read Shakespeare’s Sonnet 57 with the full poem and an analysis of its themes of devotion, power, and vulnerability.
Sonnet 20: A Woman’s Face with Nature’s Own Hand Painted
Summary and analysis of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 20: themes, imagery, and key lines.
Sonnet 94: They That Have Power to Hurt, and Will Do None
A complete analysis of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 94, exploring restraint, virtue, corruption, and the moral burden of power.
Sonnet 65: Since Brass, nor Stone, nor Earth, nor Boundless Sea
A complete analysis of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 65, exploring time’s destructive power and poetry’s ability to preserve beauty.
Sonnet 60: Like as the Waves Make Towards the Pebbled Shore
A full analysis of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 60, exploring time’s relentless motion and poetry’s power to resist decay.
Sonnet 138: When my love swears that she is made of truth
By William Shakespeare QUICK SUMMARYSonnet 138 explores adult love through the lens of mutual deception. Both lovers knowingly lie —...
Sonnet 55: Not Marble, nor the Gilded Monuments
Explore Shakespeare’s Sonnet 55, a powerful meditation on poetry’s ability to outlast monuments and preserve love.
William Shakespeare: Biography
The life, works, and legacy of William Shakespeare — from Stratford origins to the Globe and the First Folio.
