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Sonnets, by William Shakespere, published by Rupa Publications is a brilliant collection of some of the best sonnets written by the greatest English poets of all times. Summary of the Book A Sonnet is a fourteen lined poem that strictly follows a particular structure with rhyme scheme. Shakespeare was one of the best sonneteers and has penned several of them. This book brings to you 154 sonnets that are written in love, time, mortality, youth, and other themes. These sonnets have been regarded with utmost reverence because of the perfect lyricism along with the most intense of thoughts. About William Shakespeare William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright and writer. Best remembered for his plays, he is called England's national poet and the Bard of Avon. Shakespeare's plays have been adapted into several movies, and they are enacted in theatres around the world even to this day, centuries after his death. His works came to the spotlight in the Nineteenth century and he was idolized by the Romantics. A prolific writer and poet, he is also known for his poems, mainly the Sonnets.