Shakespeare's Sonnets by William Shakespeare

Shakespeare's Sonnets

William Shakespeare with Katherine Duncan-Jones

488 pages first pub 1609 (editions)

fiction classics poetry emotional reflective slow-paced
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'The annotation is consistently thoughtful and well judged, giving plenty of precise help with lexical and syntactical problems, and offering valuable verbal and cultural analogues from contemporary literature'No edition of these difficult and con...

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Moods

emotional 60%
reflective 58%
challenging 35%
inspiring 28%
sad 17%
lighthearted 14%
relaxing 14%
funny 12%
hopeful 12%
dark 7%
mysterious 7%
informative 2%
tense 1%

Pace

slow 46%
medium 33%
fast 19%

Plot- or character-driven?

N/A: 79% | Character: 12% | A mix: 6% | Plot: 1%

Strong character development?

N/A: 78% | No: 10% | It's complicated: 9% | Yes: 1%

Loveable characters?

N/A: 79% | It's complicated: 12% | Yes: 4% | No: 3%

Diverse cast of characters?

N/A: 77% | No: 14% | It's complicated: 7%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

N/A: 68% | Yes: 14% | It's complicated: 11% | No: 4%

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