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Hamlet, Act 3, Scene III, Line 87, No.

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To Quote Hamlet, Act III, Scene III, Line 87, “No.”
(A discussion on my three favorite sonnets of Shakespeare)

It is ordinary, everyday knowledge that Shakespeare was a renowned playwright and author. Despite this, many people do not recognize that the illustrious Shakespeare was also a poet, and wrote over a hundred sonnets in his lifetime. In fact, he penned exactly one hundred fifty-four sonnets, with fourteen lines each, and totaling in two thousand, one hundred fifty-six lines. These multitudinous verses have perplexed scholars and readers for centuries, as the meaning of some of the sonnets is unclear. This confusion also pertains to the subject of the myriad of sonnets. The majority of them, about one hundred twenty-seven of the poems, …show more content…

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