A Wreath of Sonnets nation again. Besides the complex and sophisticated content, "A Wreath of Sonnets" has an interesting format, too: the last line of one sonnet becomes the first line of the next one, making all fourteen sonnets of the circle an intertwining "garland" of lyric poetry; one sonnet cannot exist without the other. The first lines of all the single fourteen sonnets form in turn another sonnet, called the "Master Theme" or the "Magistrale". In the Slovene original, the first letters of every verse form the words "Primicovi Julji", meaning "to Julija Primic". The poem was recognized as a masterpiece by Matija
Sonnet 55 was a common 17th Century style of handwriting. It was written between two other epitaphs that are well known (including the one in the Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon where Shakespeare is buried). If it is authentic, it can be seen as another example indicating Shakespeare’s regard among his contemporaries: The lines of the verse echo lines from sonnet 55, which the unknown author may have been recalling. (“So, till the judgement that yourself arise, / You live in this, and dwell in lovers’ eyes.”) Sonnet 55 Sonnet 55 is one of the 154 sonnets published in 1609 by the English