Margaret Demorest Sonnet Annotations: Sonnets 109 and 110
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Title
Margaret Demorest Sonnet Annotations: Sonnets 109 and 110
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 109
1609–12 books of Iliad transl by Chapman publ
1609–Sir Geo. Summers shipwrecked in Bermudas
Penelope + Ulysses: home fits Penelope stone theory
’09 Pericles printed
Reconciliation for Essex + Raleigh? (Date = ?)
Begin series of explanation poems–accounting for distance + return culminating 115-116
Rose theatre–Lord Admiral’s Men play there in 1594
SONNET 110
Series seems to be parallel to 1599-60–etc.
Lord Strange died myst (poison?) in 1594
’90-’91–James involved in witch trials; suspects Bothwell of using evil powers agst him
Fr. statesman Sully described James as “wisest fool in Christendom”
Thomas Cecil called a clown in bedside (but he dis. with Cecil on protl.[?])
Or does he give up on even leaving his love for her? Appalled + disapproving he still loves
1608 = Cupid’s Revenge, by Be[aumont] + Fletcher
SONNET 109
1609–12 books of Iliad transl by Chapman publ
1609–Sir Geo. Summers shipwrecked in Bermudas
Penelope + Ulysses: home fits Penelope stone theory
’09 Pericles printed
Reconciliation for Essex + Raleigh? (Date = ?)
Begin series of explanation poems–accounting for distance + return culminating 115-116
Rose theatre–Lord Admiral’s Men play there in 1594
SONNET 110
Series seems to be parallel to 1599-60–etc.
Lord Strange died myst (poison?) in 1594
’90-’91–James involved in witch trials; suspects Bothwell of using evil powers agst him
Fr. statesman Sully described James as “wisest fool in Christendom”
Thomas Cecil called a clown in bedside (but he dis. with Cecil on protl.[?])
Or does he give up on even leaving his love for her? Appalled + disapproving he still loves
1608 = Cupid’s Revenge, by Be[aumont] + Fletcher
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_109_110
Format
PDF
Original Format
Written Annotations
Citation
Demorest, Margaret; Shakespeare, William, “Margaret Demorest Sonnet Annotations: Sonnets 109 and 110,” Goodstein Foundation Library Western History Center Digital Collections, accessed September 5, 2025, https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/items/show/9633.