Sonnet 3

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Thou art thy mother's glass, and she in thee
Calls back the lovely April of her prime.

William Shakespeare

Sonnet 3

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Topic

Women's attractiveness Mothers and daughters

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Sonnet 3 Shakespeare's Sonnets

Medium

Sonnet Poem

Language

English

Time

1609 1600s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Shake-speares Sonnets. London: Thomas Thorpe, 1609, sonnet 3, I. 9.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "The Sonnets." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, sonnet 3.