Sonnet 10

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Sonnet 10 is one of William Shakespeare’s 154 sonnets, notable for its exploration of love, self-love, and the poet’s plea for emotional openness.

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instanceOf English sonnet
Shakespearean sonnet
poem
addresseeType young man
author William Shakespeare NERFINISHED
collectionSize 154 sonnets
countryOfOrigin England
firstPublication 1609 quarto of Shakespeare's sonnets
form three quatrains and a final couplet
hasCriticalFocusOn ethics of self-regard
psychology of the beloved
social duty to continue one's line
inCollectionWith Sonnet 1 NERFINISHED
Sonnet 11 NERFINISHED
Sonnet 18 NERFINISHED
Sonnet 2 NERFINISHED
Sonnet 3 NERFINISHED
Sonnet 9 NERFINISHED
language English
lineCount 14
literaryDevice antithesis
metaphor
personification
rhetorical question
literaryPeriod English Renaissance NERFINISHED
literaryTradition English sonnet tradition NERFINISHED
meter iambic pentameter
numberInSequence 10
openingLine For shame deny that thou bear’st love to any
partOf Shakespeare's sonnets NERFINISHED
publisher Thomas Thorpe NERFINISHED
rhymeScheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
sequence Fair Youth sequence
subjectMatter the poet criticizes the addressee's self-love
the poet urges the addressee to love others
the poet urges the addressee to marry and beget children
theme beauty and posterity
emotional openness
love
procreation
self-love
selfishness
tone admonitory
pleading

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album "All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu" hasPart Sonnet 10
subject surface form: All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu