Ripeness

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Everything that grows
Holds in perfection but a little moment.

William Shakespeare

Sonnet 15

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Topic

The ephemeral Ripeness

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Sonnet 15 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 15, I. 1.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "The Sonnets." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, sonnet 15.