Margaret Demorest Sonnet Annotations: Sonnets 85 and 86
Item Metadata
Title
Margaret Demorest Sonnet Annotations: Sonnets 85 and 86
Date Created
1968
Subject
Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Sonnets; Sonnets, English -- History and criticism
Description
The following transcription of Demorest's annotations was selected and transcribed by Casper College student and Archives staff member Grace MacPherson in January of 2024.
SONNET 85
Overall Notes
1585: Leic. son dies; Wm of Orange dies; Parma is feared
He goes to wars in Holland; Eliz. has fits of depr.
1585 Leycester’s Commonwealth
Treaty with Netherlands
’85 Parry exec.
1545—John Leland, keeper of the books—presented gift to Henry: A New Year’s gift
’45—Eng. Litany—Cranmer—1st publ
James—gives consent to succession
SONNET 86
Overall Notes
’86 Southwell returns to Eng
E had vast intelligence system
Line 6
That struck me dead: almost as if knights in battle
Line 13
Fill’d up: Philip Sidney[.] When she approved his flattery, could no longer have anything to praise
SONNET 85
Overall Notes
1585: Leic. son dies; Wm of Orange dies; Parma is feared
He goes to wars in Holland; Eliz. has fits of depr.
1585 Leycester’s Commonwealth
Treaty with Netherlands
’85 Parry exec.
1545—John Leland, keeper of the books—presented gift to Henry: A New Year’s gift
’45—Eng. Litany—Cranmer—1st publ
James—gives consent to succession
SONNET 86
Overall Notes
’86 Southwell returns to Eng
E had vast intelligence system
Line 6
That struck me dead: almost as if knights in battle
Line 13
Fill’d up: Philip Sidney[.] When she approved his flattery, could no longer have anything to praise
Type
Text
Creator
Demorest, Margaret; Shakespeare, William
Language
ENG, LAT
Is Part Of
Margaret Demorest Papers, CCA 10.2011.01 WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections.
Identifier
CCA 10.2011.01_Demorest_Sonnets_85_86
Format
PDF
Original Format
Written Annotations
Citation
Demorest, Margaret; Shakespeare, William, “Margaret Demorest Sonnet Annotations: Sonnets 85 and 86,” Goodstein Foundation Library Western History Center Digital Collections, accessed September 5, 2025, https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/items/show/9621.