



Sonnet notes 27
Note on Shakespeare’s Sonnets and “The Story Behind the Painting” (especially Hokusai).

Sonnet notes 26
Notes on Sonnet 132, line 14: “And all they foul who thy complexion lack.”

Sonnet notes 25
Notes on Sonnet 127, line 4: “And Beauty slander’d with a bastard shame” Introduction to the Dark Lady.

Sonnet notes 24
Notes on Sonnet 119, lines 11-12: “And ruin’d love when it is built anew / Grows fairer than at first, more strong, far greater”


Sonnet notes 22
Notes on Sonnet 82, lines 2-3: “And therefore mayst without attaint o’erlook/The dedicated words which writers use”


Sonnet notes 20
Notes on Sonnet 77, line 5: “The wrinkles which thy glass will truly show”

Sonnet notes 19
Notes on Sonnet 71, line 4: “From this vile world with vildest worms to dwell”



Sonnet notes 16
Notes on Sonnet 55, line 14: “You live in this, and dwell in lovers’ eyes”


Sonnet notes 14
Notes on Sonnet 36, line 10: “Lest my bewailèd guilt should do thee shame”


Sonnet notes 12
Notes on Sonnet 34, line 13: “those tears are pearl which thy love sheeds”
