William Shakespeare’s – sonnet 67 is his only sonnet describing a painting – the ‘sitters’ in the “Tower of London Portrait” by John de Critz…
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That on the 14th July 1548, the ’14’ year old princess Elizabeth gave birth to a child fathered by ‘Lord Admiral Sir Thomas Seymour”, was…
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When our great author came to write (S.14) one particular day dominated his thinking – the day he was born! And while you may believe…
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Expressing ‘Sacred 3’ across the Shakespeare cannon there are three iterations of “The Essex/Christ Allusion”, its nascent origin relating to the conviction for high-treason of…
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If you Google the name “Robert Chester” the following is what Wikipedia says: Despite attempts to identify Chester no information has ever emerged to indicate…
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The Schwa e – When was the schwa /ə/ first used in English Texts?The answer 1601 The schwa sound being by far the most common…
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Sonnet 99 by William Shakespeare relates to the year 1599 as it is the only Shakespearean sonnet with fifteen lines, “a summer’s story” in fact…
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Preface: “With the Breath thou Giv’st and Tak’st”. “The Phoenix and the Turtle” by William Shakespeare – his most famous metaphysical poem from 1601 has…
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Sonnet 133 by William Shakespeare is heavily influenced by the sonnet number in which our great author sees both division and unity between the numbers…
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Sonnet 111 by ‘William Shakespeare’ shows us the significance of the numbers ‘111’ which identify this particular sonnet. Our great author firmly believed all princes…
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Sonnet 33 by William Shakespeare I believe is his most important sonnet as it unveils to us in line ‘IX’ the Godly words “my Sunne…
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Sonnet 20 by William Shakespeare is a physiological portrait of Henry Wriothesley and written in celebration of his birthday 20th May 1574 – although I…
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