ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is 154 sonnets. Shakespeare, the Bard of Avon, has written 39 plays, 154 sonnets and three long narrative poems. Shakespearean sonnet, also known as the English sonnet, is of the rhyme scheme abab cdcd efef gg.

Detailed explanation-2: -Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets published in his ‘quarto’ in 1609, covering themes such as the passage of time, mortality, love, beauty, infidelity, and jealousy. The first 126 of Shakespeare’s sonnets are addressed to a young man, and the last 28 addressed to a woman – a mysterious ‘dark lady’.

Detailed explanation-3: -Shakespeare published a quarto of 154 sonnets in 1609. He wrote the poems throughout his career.

Detailed explanation-4: -Shakespeare is widely recognised as the greatest English poet the world has ever known. Not only were his plays mainly written in verse, but he also penned 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems and a few other minor poems.

Detailed explanation-5: -Nothing has been found documenting the composition of the more than 36 plays and 154 sonnets attributed to the Bard. Most scholars accept that William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, and spent time acting in London before returning to Stratford, where he lived until his death in 1616.