A Lover's Complaint by William Shakespeare
"A Lover's Complaint" by William Shakespeare is a narrative poem published in 1609 as part of Shakespeare's Sonnets. The poem follows a young woman weeping by a river, throwing away tokens of lost love. When an old man asks about her sorrow, she recounts her seduction and abandonment by a charming young lover. Written in rhyme royal, the forty-seven stanza poem explores themes of deception and desire, concluding with a haunting admission
about the power of false charms. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 |
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| Title | A Lover's Complaint |
| Note | There is an improved edition of this title, eBook #1543 |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Lover%27s_Complaint |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 65.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Poetry |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 1137 |
| Release Date | Dec 1, 1997 |
| Most Recently Updated | Sep 14, 2025 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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