So many people seem to think the sonnets prove that Shakespeare is gay. Unfortunately, that‘s probably not the case. It seems a lot of writers in this period wrote sonnet sequences as a type of writing exercise (in fact, I may have to take it up myself just to say I did it once). His sexuality is neither important to these poems, nor on display. In Elizabethan England, only Shakespeare and Fletcher refused to name their characters/inspiration.
GingerAntics So the likelihood that these are about actual people is quite low. #shakespeare #sonnets #sonnetsandotherpoems #poetry (edited) 6y
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