Sonnet 126 was the final one written to the ‘fair young man‘. Hard to believe the relationship was platonic as some have suggested; close relationships between men that were not romances apparently being a thing at the time. What do others think?
And what about the different rhyme scheme & only 12 lines? Maybe it‘s to signify the end of these particular sonnets 🤔.
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batsy Yes, was wondering about the 12 lines! And I don't know if it's because we're so 21-st century 😅 but it's really hard for me to read the relationship as platonic. Throughout some of sonnets there's an undercurrent of eroticism, and sexual possessiveness—I feel like it might have started out platonic, with Shakespeare complimenting the youth's beauty as an appreciator of beautiful things, then it got way complex and twisty. #MyIdeaForANetflixDrama 2y
TheBookHippie @batsy it‘s lust!!! That‘s my 17 year old opinion in my school notations 🤣 2y
TheBookHippie @batsy yes for Netflix drama and yes he was attracted to him I think! 2y
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Graywacke @TheBookHippie sounds right to me! 2y
Graywacke If there were no women in theater, then what can we expect from the nature of an acting crew. It must have drawn men interested in men. I don‘t think this was simply a gay celebration, but I do think these imply that was a part of theater life. 2y
Graywacke @batsy the dangers of poetry series. 🙂 2y
TheBookHippie @Graywacke I agree about the theater world synopsis! 2y
MrsMalaprop Of course @batsy & @Graywacke. Great points. And yes, yes, yes to the Netflix drama. 2y
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