Truth in Poetry: Shakespeare's Sonnets 76-80

Published: June 6, 2022, 6:11 p.m.

This sequence delves into the poetics contained within this collection. It is here in the moment of recognizing the death of a relationship, after meditating on his own mortality, when the poet crystalizes their view of what matters most in poetry.

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It is not literary technique that matters most, but the truthfulness of the love the writing contains and expresses.

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