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Written in 1594, Sonnet 126 is one of 154 sonnets by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare. It is the final member of the Fair Youth sequence, in which the poet shows how Time and Nature coincide. One may also choose to look at the original spelling of the text (here. ) == Envoi == Sonnet 126 has been dubbed the ''envoi'' to the "Fair Youth" sonnets. An envoy or envoi, as defined by the Oxford English Dictionary〔(http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/63102?rskey=elyQS0&result=1&isAdvanced=false#envoi)〕 is “The action of sending forth a poem; hence, the concluding part of a poetical or prose composition; the author's parting words; a dedication, postscript. Now chiefly the short stanza which concludes a poem written in certain archaic metrical forms.” Sethna has argued that Sonnet 126 was handed to William Herbert (the "Fair Youth" in his view) just before his 27th birthday, completing the period of their 9-year friendship with words that were clear, allusive, highly emotional and deeply pensive.〔(Sethna 113)〕 Paul Ramsey, author of “The Fickle Glass: A Study of Shakespeare’s Sonnets,” also writes that, “sonnet 126 seems a very natural envoy”.〔Ramsey 133〕 The same idea of closing is paralleled by the authors of The Norton Anthology.〔(“The Norton Shakespeare”: Shakespeare, William. “Sonnet 126.” The Norton Anthology. 2nd ed. Eds. Greenblatt, Stephen, Walter Cohen, Jean E. Howard, and Katherine Eisaman Maus. New York: W. W Norton, 2008. 1797. Print)〕 This "sonnet" or envoi, of six couplets, concludes the part of the sequence apparently addressed to the youth and formally signals a change in tone and subject matter in the remaining sonnets.〔(p. 1797)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sonnet 126」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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