Sonnet 76
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Why is my verse so barren of new pride, |
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Sonnet 76 is one of 154 sonnets written by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare. It's a member of the Fair Youth sequence, in which the poet expresses his love towards a young man.
[edit] Synopsis
This poem repeats the theme of sonnet 38, which examines the issue of the poet's obsession with the Youth as the repeated and sole theme of his poetry, which reveals its source so clearly.
