Shakespeare’s Best Love Sonnets

Shakespeare’s Best Love Sonnets
The 10 poems on this list represent some of the best love sonnets that Shakespeare wrote. They are in honor of the Fair Youth, an unknown, beautiful young man.
William Shakespeare is generally considered to be one of, if not the, greatest writers in the English language. His works spanned thirty-seven plays, the best known of which have been performed for centuries, 154 sonnets, and five longer, narrative poems. This article focuses on ten of those sonnets, some of the best that deals with themes of love, dedication, and even obsession. These poems are multilayered, often taping into all those themes, and more, at the same time.
The first 126 of the 154 sonnets that Shakespeare wrote were dedicated to a young man, The Fair Youth. This person has never been identified. It is also not entirely clear what sort of relationship Shakespeare had, if he had any, with this young man. Some have stipulated that the speaker could be a creation and not based on town and experiences.