Part of your assignment before our class on Wednesday is to read this link below. It does a wonderful job of summarizing the history of sonnets, the purpose of them, what Shakespeare did well, and most importantly, it groups the sonnets according to the theory of a sonnet 'cycle.' In essence, it tells you which sonnets go with which--a very useful thing for students about to embark on sonnet analysis and essay-writing: )
The Story of the Sonnets
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