Monday, January 13, 2003

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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William Shakespeare
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Fabrizio Frosini 02 February 2016

.. 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/

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Brian Jani 26 April 2014

Awesome I like this poem, check mine out

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Laura Barron 24 March 2010

Very good poem. But why re-write them on here is what i ask?

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