WHO ? HOW ? WHY ?

The Sonnet story contains five characters:

the Poet, (P)
a Fair Young Man (FYM),
a Dark Lady (DL),
a Rival Poet (RP)
and the ever-ticking Time.
Some say the Poet, the FYM, and the DL are involved
in a Love Triangle and are specific historical figures.
Others say the sonnets are purely conventional poetic exercises.


An Ordering of the Sonnets?
Verse Time Muse Love Beauty
Immortal THEMES Element
Hate Eyes Sex Music Affair
The Characters in the Sonnets?
The Plot - Is there one?
Some Respected opinions