Shakespeare's Sonnets (version 4)

by William SHAKESPEARE (1564 - 1616)

Sonnets 11-20

Shakespeare's Sonnets (version 4)

Shakespeare's sequence of 154 sonnets deals with such themes as love, time, death, immortality, lust, and sex. The poems follow but also depart from the Petrarchan tradition of sonnets written by a frustrated male lover to an unattainable idealized female beloved. Shakespeare's sonnets are addressed to both male and female lovers: the androgynous "young man" and the alluring yet dangerously sexual "dark lady." (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)


Listen next episodes of Shakespeare's Sonnets (version 4):
Sonnets 101-110 , Sonnets 111-120 , Sonnets 121-130 , Sonnets 131-140 , Sonnets 141-154 , Sonnets 21-30 , Sonnets 31-40 , Sonnets 41-50 , Sonnets 51-60 , Sonnets 61-70 , Sonnets 71-80 , Sonnets 81-90 , Sonnets 91-100