1. William Shakespeare Love vs. Hate

2. 1564 - 1616

4. 37 plays

7. Two examples are Romeo and Juliet and All’s Well That Ends Well

9. Section one 1-126

10. Section two 127-154

12. 18-24 was young love

13. 25-52 discussed travel, absence, and disgrace

14. 53-75 was about relationship problems

15. 76-103 rival poet and jealousy

16. 104-126 reconciliation

17. 127-154 the dark lady

19. The theme is love stability and power

22. Hilton Landry thinks that the sonnets leading up to sonnet 116 gives insight to this poem

23. The sonnet speaks of love in its most abundant and glorious form. Two people come together in love based on understanding and trust.

26. Is probably the most famous of all the sonnets

28. Many people say that the “true Shakespeare’s” are Francis Bacon, Christopher Marlowe, Edward de Vere, Sir Henry Neville

29. Michael J. Cummings claims that Shakespeare used his nickname “Will” in sonnet 135 as a pun and also indirectly identifies himself as the author of the poem.