Margaret Demorest Sonnet Annotations: Sonnets 115 and 116
Item Metadata
Title
Margaret Demorest Sonnet Annotations: Sonnets 115 and 116
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 115
Perhaps flame here to grow (into 154)--this recollection of former love–a prelude to greater tests to come (orchestral quality–[illegible] this is the middle of the [illegible])
Blount (Chirst) put down rising in Connaught (1599)
James crowned?
G[illegible] Blunt is a favorite I believe
Is this the “marriage”? with Eng
Vows and alter–D took vows for church in 1615
Lines 1-2: Donne poem
Line 3: Phoenix echo
Line 7
Blunt: Blunt took over Irish command
Line 14: again, Donnelike
SONNET 116
1616 Last year of life of Anne D.
1566–Birth James
1616–Death of Mel. S.
Loyalty to Eliz. not many
From here to 126 is political unit
Tie to 124–Love’s rise above immediate
Line 1: theme of sonnets
Line 11
Love alters not: Ever motto [Semper Eadem, meaning “always the same,” was the motto of Anne Boleyn, primarily known because it was also used by her daughter Elizabeth. It was at some point adopted by Leicester as well.]
Line 12
Bears: Bear in Armada but also Leicester symbol
SONNET 115
Perhaps flame here to grow (into 154)--this recollection of former love–a prelude to greater tests to come (orchestral quality–[illegible] this is the middle of the [illegible])
Blount (Chirst) put down rising in Connaught (1599)
James crowned?
G[illegible] Blunt is a favorite I believe
Is this the “marriage”? with Eng
Vows and alter–D took vows for church in 1615
Lines 1-2: Donne poem
Line 3: Phoenix echo
Line 7
Blunt: Blunt took over Irish command
Line 14: again, Donnelike
SONNET 116
1616 Last year of life of Anne D.
1566–Birth James
1616–Death of Mel. S.
Loyalty to Eliz. not many
From here to 126 is political unit
Tie to 124–Love’s rise above immediate
Line 1: theme of sonnets
Line 11
Love alters not: Ever motto [Semper Eadem, meaning “always the same,” was the motto of Anne Boleyn, primarily known because it was also used by her daughter Elizabeth. It was at some point adopted by Leicester as well.]
Line 12
Bears: Bear in Armada but also Leicester symbol
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_115_116
Format
PDF
Original Format
Written Annotations
Citation
Demorest, Margaret; Shakespeare, William, “Margaret Demorest Sonnet Annotations: Sonnets 115 and 116,” Goodstein Foundation Library Western History Center Digital Collections, accessed August 19, 2025, https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/items/show/9636.