Sonnet 86
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Sonnet 86 is one of 154 sonnets written by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare
. It's a member of the Fair Youth sequence, in which the poet expresses his love towards a young man.
's literary talent is again compared to a great ship in full sail (as in sonnet 80
) seeking to capture the youth's beauty like a prize. The poet is unable to articulate his thoughts, but it was not the rival poet, nor other writers, nor the guiding spirits that inspire them. But the fact that the youth's face fills the verse of the rival, weakens the poet.
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...
. It's a member of the Fair Youth sequence, in which the poet expresses his love towards a young man.
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The Rival PoetRival Poet
The Rival Poet is one of several 'characters,' either fictional or real persons, featured in William Shakespeare's sonnets. The sonnets most commonly identified as the Rival Poet group exist within the Fair Youth group in sonnets 78-86...
's literary talent is again compared to a great ship in full sail (as in sonnet 80
Sonnet 80
Sonnet 80 is one of 154 sonnets written by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare. It's a member of the Fair Youth sequence, in which the poet expresses his love towards a young man.-Synopsis:...
) seeking to capture the youth's beauty like a prize. The poet is unable to articulate his thoughts, but it was not the rival poet, nor other writers, nor the guiding spirits that inspire them. But the fact that the youth's face fills the verse of the rival, weakens the poet.