Is William Shakespeare the speaker in Sonnet 130?
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Is William Shakespeare the speaker in Sonnet 130?
Sonnet 130
Sonnet 130 is one of William Shakespeare's most famous sonnets. It is one of the Dark Lady sonnets and it is unusual as love poems go. It describes a woman who is by no means the ideal of beauty, but the speaker insists he loves her all the same.
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View this answerAll poets write from the perspectives of speakers who may or may not be essentially themselves. To what extent William Shakespeare was writing about...
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Chapter 4 / Lesson 2Learn about William Shakespeare's life and works. Explore the characteristics of Shakespeare's plays and poetry, and discover examples of his works.