1 and 1609, Shakespeare published Sonnets, which is his last non-dramatic work. Scholars can't confirm the completion time of each of 154 sonnets, but there is evidence that Shakespeare wrote these sonnets for a private reader throughout his creative career.
2. Previously, two unauthorized sonnets appeared in "Enthusiastic Pilgrim" published by 1599. Francis Mills, an English writer, once mentioned "the sweet sonnets circulated among close friends" in 1598.
3. A few analysts believe that the published collections are based on the order set by Shakespeare. It seems that he has planned two opposite series: one is about a dark-skinned married woman's uncontrollable desire.
The other is about the pure love of a white youth. It is not clear whether these characters represent real people or the "I" in the poems represents Shakespeare himself, although william wordsworth, a British poet, thinks that "Shakespeare opened his heart" in these sonnets.
5. The version of1609 is dedicated to a "Mr. W.H.", and the dedication calls him "the only begetter" of these poems. Whether this dedication was written by Shakespeare himself or added by the publisher Thomas Thorpe remains a mystery. Thorpe's initials appear at the end of the dedication page.
Despite a lot of academic research, who is Mr. W.H. is still unknown, and it is not even clear whether Shakespeare authorized the publication of this book. Critics praised sonnets for profoundly reflecting the essence of love, sex, reproduction, death and time.