Margaret Demorest Sonnet Annotations: Sonnets 27 and 28
Item Metadata
Title
Margaret Demorest Sonnet Annotations: Sonnets 27 and 28
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 2024.
SONNET 27
Overall Notes
Flirtation pattern begins
’27 Death of Machiavelli
’27 – Cath sends words to Mendoza of [illegible] sep. her from Henry
’27 Possibility of betrothing Mary to James of Scotland
’27 – Henry applies for dispensation (Anne mar[illegible])
Sp. troops occupy Rome (pilgrimage) – Sack of Rome ’27
’27 Love letter from H. to Anne – complains of their being apart
Line 2
Travel: a “travail” suggests Catherine’s many childbirths + deaths
Line 6
Intend: H. suggested nunnery for Cath.
SONNET 28
Overall Notes
28 = moon cycle
Sp. + France vs. Eng.
’28 Henry sends own Physician – Dr. Butts – to Anne, who is ill. Plague rages.
Day + night—rival powers each agst “me”
Toil = Cecil = day
Complainer = Ral[iegh?] = night
Lines 4-6: Could be Cecil—Ral[eigh?] [illegible] agst Ess[ex]
SONNET 27
Overall Notes
Flirtation pattern begins
’27 Death of Machiavelli
’27 – Cath sends words to Mendoza of [illegible] sep. her from Henry
’27 Possibility of betrothing Mary to James of Scotland
’27 – Henry applies for dispensation (Anne mar[illegible])
Sp. troops occupy Rome (pilgrimage) – Sack of Rome ’27
’27 Love letter from H. to Anne – complains of their being apart
Line 2
Travel: a “travail” suggests Catherine’s many childbirths + deaths
Line 6
Intend: H. suggested nunnery for Cath.
SONNET 28
Overall Notes
28 = moon cycle
Sp. + France vs. Eng.
’28 Henry sends own Physician – Dr. Butts – to Anne, who is ill. Plague rages.
Day + night—rival powers each agst “me”
Toil = Cecil = day
Complainer = Ral[iegh?] = night
Lines 4-6: Could be Cecil—Ral[eigh?] [illegible] agst Ess[ex]
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_27_28
Format
PDF
Original Format
Written Annotations
Citation
Demorest, Margaret; Shakespeare, William, “Margaret Demorest Sonnet Annotations: Sonnets 27 and 28,” Goodstein Foundation Library Western History Center Digital Collections, accessed August 20, 2025, https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/items/show/9593.