Essay from the year 2008 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2,0, http://www.uni-jena.de/ (Institut für Anglistik/ Amerikanistik), course: Introduction to Literary Studies, language: English, abstract: William Shakespeare is a famous poet of the 16th century. He was born in 1564 in Stratfort on Avon and became famous as a playwrite in London at the famous Globe Theater. Shakespeare wrote his sonnets probably over a period of several years satarting in 1594. They were first published as a collection of 154 poems in 1609. In his sonnet "18" William Shakespeare illustrates the beauty of the young man, who will be remembered forever because of this poem.