Sonnet 146
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Sonnet 146 is one of William Shakespeare’s English sonnets, notable for its meditation on the soul, mortality, and the vanity of earthly concerns.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English sonnet
ⓘ
Shakespearean sonnet ⓘ poem ⓘ |
| addressedTo | the poet's soul ⓘ |
| approximateCompositionDate | 1590s ⓘ |
| author | William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collectionPosition |
follows Sonnet 145
ⓘ
precedes Sonnet 147 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Shakespeare's Sonnets (1609) quarto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| form | sonnet ⓘ |
| genre | Renaissance poetry ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | widely discussed by Shakespeare scholars ⓘ |
| influenceOn | later religious and metaphysical readings of Shakespeare's sonnets ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lineCount | 14 ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
antithesis
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metaphor ⓘ personification ⓘ rhetorical question ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Elizabethan era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meter | iambic pentameter ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contrast between body as 'sinful earth' and soul as true owner
ⓘ
focus on spiritual rather than erotic themes ⓘ meditation on the vanity of worldly wealth ⓘ |
| openingLine | Poor soul, the centre of my sinful earth, ⓘ |
| partOf | Shakespeare's sonnets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1609 ⓘ |
| religiousInfluence | Christian thought ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GG ⓘ |
| sequenceNumber | 146 ⓘ |
| structure | three quatrains and a final couplet ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
the contrast between inner and outer life
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the decay of the body ⓘ the immortality of the soul ⓘ |
| textualIssue | corrupt or missing first quatrain in 1609 quarto ⓘ |
| theme |
death
ⓘ
mortality ⓘ religious meditation ⓘ spiritual wealth versus material wealth ⓘ the soul ⓘ vanity of earthly concerns ⓘ |
| tone |
didactic
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meditative ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.