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Black Luce, a brothel owner in Clerkenwell.Emilia was also a member of the Venetian Bassano family, who were musicians at court. Emilia Lanier - mistress of Lord Hunsdon, (Henry Carey) the Lord Chamberlain, and thus Shakespeare’s boss, as patron of his company.Mary Fitton - maid of honour to Queen Elizabeth, and the mistress of William Herbert.No one knows the identity of the 'Dark Lady' but possible candidates include:

Far from idealising a perfect woman, they feature a female lover accused of making the poet sexually obsessed, furiously jealous, of cheating on him, stealing away his boy friend, and giving him a dose of the clap. Towards the end of the series there are 28 sonnets addressed to a woman. He has the correct initials, just reversed - perhaps to conceal his identity.

Henry Wriothesley, third Earl of Southampton to whom in 1593 Shakespeare dedicated his poem Venus and Adonis and later The Rape of Lucrece.

His initials fit to the dedication of the book to 'Mr WH'.

William Herbert - refused to marry Elizabeth Carey, granddaughter of the Lord Chamberlain, the patron of the company Shakespeare worked for.

There are several candidates for this Fair Youth. The first 17 sonnets for example seem to be addressed to a fair youth, an aristocratic young man, imploring him to get married, and have children.

They may be addressed to a series of different people. All Rights Reserved.WHO Did SHAKESPEARE ADDRESS WITH HIS SONNETS? Shakespeare's Treatment of Love in the Plays Read on.Īre all the Sonnets addressed to two Persons? The anapest is sometimes substituted for the iambus. A metrical foot consisting of one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable is called an iambus a foot composed of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable is called a trochee and a foot composed of two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable is called an anapest. The Earl of Southampton: Shakespeare's PatronĪlchemy and Astrology in Shakespeare's DayĪre Shakespeare's Sonnets Autobiographical?ĭid You Know?. King James I of England: Shakespeare's Patron Stratford School Days: What Did Shakespeare Read? My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground:Īnd yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare That music hath a far more pleasing sound I love to hear her speak, yet well I know Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. I have seen roses damask'd, red and white,Īnd in some perfumes is there more delight If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun Ĭoral is far more red than her lips' red Shakespeare Sonnet 130 - My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun