Talk:Sonnet 130

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Was this sonnet really written in response to Petrarch? There is certainly florid enough poetry in Shakespeare's own age to account for this reaction. I certainly recall at least one poem which uses a good two-thirds of the metaphors Shakespeare mocks. Conrad Leviston 16:32, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Well petrarch had been dead for centuries (you know that already), but I think this was written to directly mock his type of poetry "She used to let her golden hair fly free". But those types of comparisons were already cliched in Shakespeare's time, so I'm not sure if blatant comparisons like "Her hair is like the sun" were too prevalent at that time. AdamBiswanger1 22:48, 28 August 2006 --74.98.29.169 15:14, 21 May 2007 (UTC)(UTC--74.98.29.169 15:14, 21 May 2007 (UTC00

I'll see if I can't find a Petrarchan sonnet that a scholar compares to this one. Wrad 23:21, 9 June 2007 (UTC)