A mistress stolen by a friend is the subject of poems 40-42, while poems 78-86 discuss a rival poet. The first 17 concern the writer's affection for a young man of rank, urging him to marry to reproduce his beauty. Poems 18-126 form a sequence of 108 poems whose main theme continues to be the young man, but beginning with poem 127 the subject changes to the "dark lady". Including such opening lines as "My mistress' eyes a
A mistress stolen by a friend is the subject of poems 40-42, while poems 78-86 discuss a rival poet. The first 17 concern the writer's affection for a young man of rank, urging him to marry to reproduce his beauty. Poems 18-126 form a sequence of 108 poems whose main theme continues to be the young man, but beginning with poem 127 the subject changes to the "dark lady". Including such opening lines as "My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun" and "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day", FTP, what is this collection of 154 poems by William Shakespeare?
A mistress stolen by a friend is the subject of poems 40-42, while poems 78-86 discuss a rival poet.
the Sonnets of Shakespeare