Sonnets | Characters
There are no "characters" in Shakespeare's sonnets as the term is usually understood in literary analysis. None of the figures who appear or are referred to in the sequence is given a proper name. Specific details about physical features or demeanor are noticeably scarce. For the sake of convenience, many modern commentators have adopted some form of the designations used here, but these names do not appear in the sonnets.
The Poet: This phrase denotes the speaker of the sonnets as distinguished from the man who wrote them. The Poet is a complex...
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