Sonnet 20
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Sonnet 20 is one of the best-known of 154 sonnets written by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare. Part of the Fair Youth sequence, the subject of the sonnet is widely interpreted as be
Sonnet 20 in the 1609 Quarto
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The sexuality of English playwright William Shakespeare has been the subject of debate. It is known from public records that he married Anne Hathaway and had three children with her; scholars have exa
Sonnet 20
…Fair Youth sequence (which comprises sonnets 1-126), the subject of the sonnet is widely interpreted as being male, thereby raising questions about the sexuality of its author. In this sonnet (as in, for example, Sonnet 53) the beloved's beauty is compared to both a man's and a woman's. Sonnet 20 is a typical English or…
The Chandos portrait of William Shakespeare, held in the National Portrait Gallery