Shakespeare's Sonnet was a psychological insight of himself The English dramatist and poet William Shakespeare was the author of the most widely admired and influential body of literature by any individual in the history of Western civilization. However, perhaps he was only well known for many plays that represent romantic love. His treatment of love ranges from the humorous in the comedy to the sad and tragic in the melodramas tragedies of Romeo and Juliet …showed first 75 words of 559 total…

…showed last 75 words of 559 total…asserting that there is no such thing as personal poetry; however, that is a risky undertaking. There were, of course, planned fictions in poetry; and there was an important sense in which every expression was a fiction. However, the fictional element here was not planned: Shakespeare was experiencing the emotion of being in love. He was expressing that emotion, trying to make sense of it, in the poetic manner that comes most naturally to him.