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Shakespeare's Sonnet Sequence
Shakespeare was probably writing some of his sonnets at this time as well. He's doing something that engages with the predominant poetic fashion of the mid 15 nineties when he's writing this play. When we first encounter romeo, he's in love with rosaline. What stops this being just slightly ridiculous? And perhaps a couple of lines his wishes ore juliet. So i think he's drawing in other kinds of languages of love. Out of them, he's going to forge a new language of love for the lovers - which combines the sensual and the spiritual. It really takes love poetry to a new level.