Shakespeare's (1564–1616) sonnets are considered a continuation of the sonnet tradition that swept through the Renaissance from Petrarch in 14thcentury Italy and was finally introduced in 16thcentury England by Thomas Wyatt and was given its rhyming metre and division into quatrains by Henry Howard.

Instead of expressing worshipful love for an almost goddesslike yet unobtainable female loveobject, as Petrarch, Dante, and Philip Sidney had done, Shakespeare introduces a young man. He also introduces the Dark Lady, who is no goddess. Shakespeare explores themes such as lust, homoeroticism, misogyny, infidelity, and acrimony in ways that may challenge, but which also open new terrain for the sonnet form.

The primary source is a quarto published in 1609 titled Shakespeare's Sonnets. It contains 154 sonnets.

Opening Credits 0:00
Sonnet 1 0:17
Sonnet 2 1:21
Sonnet 3 2:25
Sonnet 4 3:26
Sonnet 5 4:25
Sonnet 6 5:27
Sonnet 7 6:29
Sonnet 8 7:29
Sonnet 9 8:37
Sonnet 10 9:38
Sonnet 11 10:42
Sonnet 12 11:50
Sonnet 13 12:52
Sonnet 14 13:52
Sonnet 15 14:54
Sonnet 16 15:57
Sonnet 17 16:57
Sonnet 18 18:02
Sonnet 19 19:07
Sonnet 20 20:12
Sonnet 21 21:19
Sonnet 22 22:22
Sonnet 23 23:26
Sonnet 24 24:26
Sonnet 25 25:29
Sonnet 26 26:30
Sonnet 27 27:32
Sonnet 28 28:35
Sonnet 29 29:39
Sonnet 30 30:49
Sonnet 31 31:55
Sonnet 32 32:59
Sonnet 33 34:03
Sonnet 34 35:06
Sonnet 35 36:09
Sonnet 36 37:13
Sonnet 37 38:17
Sonnet 38 39:21
Sonnet 39 40:24
Sonnet 40 41:26
Sonnet 41 42:33
Sonnet 42 43:36
Sonnet 43 44:40
Sonnet 44 45:46
Sonnet 45 46:47
Sonnet 46 47:50
Sonnet 47 48:51
Sonnet 48 49:53
Sonnet 49 50:55
Sonnet 50 51:56
Sonnet 51 52:55
Sonnet 52 54:01
Sonnet 53 55:01
Sonnet 54 56:03
Sonnet 55 57:07
Sonnet 56 58:10
Sonnet 57 59:14
Sonnet 58 1:00:16
Sonnet 59 1:01:16
Sonnet 60 1:02:13
Sonnet 61 1:03:15
Sonnet 62 1:04:19
Sonnet 63 1:05:22
Sonnet 64 1:06:23
Sonnet 65 1:07:23
Sonnet 66 1:08:29
Sonnet 67 1:09:30
Sonnet 68 1:10:33
Sonnet 69 1:11:33
Sonnet 70 1:12:40
Sonnet 71 1:13:43
Sonnet 72 1:14:43
Sonnet 73 1:15:43
Sonnet 74 1:16:45
Sonnet 75 1:17:48
Sonnet 76 1:18:48
Sonnet 77 1:19:50
End Credits 1:20:53

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