Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2, 7, University of Münster (Englisches Seminar), course: Poetry of the 17th Century, 12 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: This text will give a brief survey on the history of the Sonnet. Following this, it will concentrate on Shakespeare and his work. Firstly, it will present a short overview of the contents of all his sonnets and secondly there will be a detailed interpretation and analysis of Sonnet 60.