Sonnet 153: Cupid Laid By His Brand And Fell Asleep Comments
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Cupid laid by his brand and fell asleep,
A maid of Dian's this advantage found,
And his love-kindling fire did quickly steep
In a cold valley-fountain of that ground;
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Were it not for the other 152 sonnets, we would consider these two final sonnets as fairly standard and belonging to the derivative tradition of sonnet writing which had been established and developed since the days of Petrarch (1304-1374) . It was quite common to take a snippet from Greek mythology and work it into a poem.
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.. Were it not for the other 152 sonnets, we would consider these two final sonnets as fairly standard and belonging to the derivative tradition of sonnet writing which had been established and developed since the days of Petrarch (1304-1374) . It was quite common to take a snippet from Greek mythology and work it into a poem. shakespeares-sonnets.com/