Sonnet 146 Themes
Death
Sonnet 146 is Shakespeare's big "Hey You! You're Totally Going to Die" poem. But hey, what do we expect from a poet who lived in age when the average life expectancy was 40 years and who lived thro...
Religion
Sonnet 146 has a rep for being Shakespeare's most religious poem. Which makes a lot of sense. After all, there are some pretty major biblical shout-outs in this sonnet and the speaker's ideas about...
Appearances
According to the speaker of Sonnet 146, his soul is a complete mess because he's been way too preoccupied with outward appearances when he should have been worried about inner worth. He spends a wh...