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Four Sonnets from Delia: Samuel Daniel (1591)

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Samuel Daniel's sonnets in "Delia" are basically in Shakespearian form, using the scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GG. Three quatrains followed by a couplet: the prototype of Shakespeare's sonnets. These sonnets are dedicated to Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke.
  1. Sonnet XIV
  2. Sonnet XXXVIII
  3. Sonnet XXXIX
  4. Sonnet XLVII

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