The Sonnets of Shakespeare were published 400 years ago and remain as fresh and relevant to the modern ear as ever.

This site organizes the text in an easy-to-browse format with footnotes to explain words. Mousing over underlined words highlights footnotes (such as 17, 63, 66, more to come). Use the selector at left to navigate.

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