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Shakespeare's first sonnet in his sequence sets the tone for all that follows--and begins the exploration of unfulfilled love. Or perhaps unfulfilled aestheticism. Or simply repression. And the foibles of a May/December relationship. Get busy, young man. Get married. Bear a child. So we can have more of you in the world.
By Mark ScarbroughShakespeare's first sonnet in his sequence sets the tone for all that follows--and begins the exploration of unfulfilled love. Or perhaps unfulfilled aestheticism. Or simply repression. And the foibles of a May/December relationship. Get busy, young man. Get married. Bear a child. So we can have more of you in the world.