Uzbekistan state university of world languages foreign languages and literature faculty-3 course paper theme: W. Shakespeare’s importance for the development of the English language, literature and theatre

2.2 Motifs in Shakespeare’s sonnets and its analysis
The Rival Poet's identity remains a mystery. If Shakespeare’s patron and friend was Pembroke, Shakespeare was not the only poet that praised his beauty; Francis Davison did in a sonnet that is the preface to Davison's quarto A Poetical Rhapsody (1608), which was published just before Shakespeare’s Sonnets. John Davies of Hereford, Samuel Daniel, George Chapman, Christopher Marlowe and Ben Jonson are also candidates that find support among clues in the sonnets.It may be that the Rival Poet is a composite of several poets through which Shakespeare explores his sense of being threatened by competing poets. The speaker sees the Rival Poet as competition for fame and patronage. The sonnets most commonly identified as the Rival Poet group exist within the Fair Youth sequence in sonnets 78–86. Shakespeare's sonnet sequences may have been influenced by biographical factors from his life when he wrote them, as they deviated sharply from the convention. Scholars such as Stephen Booth and Helen Vendler admit that sonnets are examined and appreciated as a "very intricate structure of language and ideas" in their critical focus. Sonnets aren't just poetry, though; they're also a reflection of the culture and literature that surrounded Shakespeare at the time.
The sonnets' characters
Three key subjects are recognized after analyzing characterization. The Fair Youth, the Rival Poet, and the Dark Lady are their names. The story revolves around the speaker.
In the finest sequence of sonnets, The Fair Youth is an anonymous young man. He is young, attractive, egotistical, and universally admired. Scholars believe he is Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, because his age, personality, and physical characteristics closely like those described in sonnets. A woman with black hair and dun skin is known as the Dark Lady. She isn't noble, youthful, gorgeous, intellectual, or chaste. The Rival Poet is made up of various competing poets who are vying for fame and sponsorship.