Margaret Demorest Sonnet Annotations: Sonnets 15 and 16
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Title
Margaret Demorest Sonnet Annotations: Sonnets 15 and 16
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 15
Overall Notes
’15 queen Mary (Fr.) marries Ch. Brandon (produces Lady Jane Grey)
Treaty signed with Spain ’15
1515 Louis XII dies = Succ. by Francis I + Mary mr. Ch. Brandon secretly
Line 12
Change: Chancellor
Line 14
Ingraft: Links to plant world[;] Family Tree restarted (Mary + Ch.)
SONNET 16
Overall Notes
Feb. 18 ’16 – Baby Mary
Garden is England
’16 Ferdinand dies; Charles succeeds him few days before Mary’s birth (see sonnet line 9)
Transition to series—portrait of “yourself”—“inward worth” + “outward fair,” subject of sonnets
SONNET 15
Overall Notes
’15 queen Mary (Fr.) marries Ch. Brandon (produces Lady Jane Grey)
Treaty signed with Spain ’15
1515 Louis XII dies = Succ. by Francis I + Mary mr. Ch. Brandon secretly
Line 12
Change: Chancellor
Line 14
Ingraft: Links to plant world[;] Family Tree restarted (Mary + Ch.)
SONNET 16
Overall Notes
Feb. 18 ’16 – Baby Mary
Garden is England
’16 Ferdinand dies; Charles succeeds him few days before Mary’s birth (see sonnet line 9)
Transition to series—portrait of “yourself”—“inward worth” + “outward fair,” subject of sonnets
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_15_16
Format
PDF
Original Format
Written Annotations
Citation
Demorest, Margaret; Shakespeare, William, “Margaret Demorest Sonnet Annotations: Sonnets 15 and 16,” Goodstein Foundation Library Western History Center Digital Collections, accessed August 20, 2025, https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/items/show/9587.