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As the Norton editors also indicate, the sonnets also contain several key or important motifs:

Sonnets 1-17

(1) Celebration of the Young Man's Beauty

(2) The Urging of the Young Man to Marry and to pass on his beauty to his children

Sonnets 18-126

(3) Time as a Transient and Destructive Force

(4) Friendship and Love

(5) The Permanence of Poetry

Sonnets 127-154

(6) The Dark Lady as a Temptation, or an Object of Lust

(7) The Dark Lady as an Object of Degradation Other motifs also appear in the sonnets as well.

Understanding Shakespeare: The Sonnets by Robert A. Albano - HTML preview

Sonnets 1-17

Sonnets 18-126

Sonnets 127-154

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