Shakespeare's Sonnets

William Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets. They all followed the typical format of a sonnet. They had the normal rhyme scheme, 14 lines, and iambic pentameter. Where Shakespeare's sonnets differ from others was the content within them. He did not write about the typical lonely man who was trying to win the impossible, unavailable, yet perfect, girl. Instead he wrote about numerous topics that were rarely discussed in public. Not only did he wrote about undesirable women for men, he also wrote about risky topics such as lust, homoeroticism, misogyny, infidelity, and many more. He broadened the stage for poets everywhere by introducing new topics and subjects. He did this in a way that did not make society angry but instead they welcomed and encouraged it.