Margaret Demorest Sonnet Annotations: Sonnets 145 and 146
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Title
Margaret Demorest Sonnet Annotations: Sonnets 145 and 146
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 February of 2024.
SONNET 145
Perhaps impr. 1601–E saved him
Temporary end of “eclipse” (Bacon letter) as E “agrees” to send Essex to Ireland?
Facing: hatred + mortality
Code of rebellion
Reconciliation possible (but rebellion hidden)
SONNET 146
1599–pious Es. ill–funeral bells
Globe theatre opened ’99
Religious melancholia for Essex (recurrent but strong at end)
Remuneration of flash[?]
Death faced (avoid in 1st part)
Body is servant to soul here–pine in Tempest (Ariel’s prison)
Line 9: mourners feed his spirit[.] Perhaps this is of Essex
Lines 13-14: Donne poem [Likely referencing the sonnet “Death, be not proud” by John Donne.]
SONNET 145
Perhaps impr. 1601–E saved him
Temporary end of “eclipse” (Bacon letter) as E “agrees” to send Essex to Ireland?
Facing: hatred + mortality
Code of rebellion
Reconciliation possible (but rebellion hidden)
SONNET 146
1599–pious Es. ill–funeral bells
Globe theatre opened ’99
Religious melancholia for Essex (recurrent but strong at end)
Remuneration of flash[?]
Death faced (avoid in 1st part)
Body is servant to soul here–pine in Tempest (Ariel’s prison)
Line 9: mourners feed his spirit[.] Perhaps this is of Essex
Lines 13-14: Donne poem [Likely referencing the sonnet “Death, be not proud” by John Donne.]
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_145_146
Format
PDF
Original Format
Written Annotations
Citation
Demorest, Margaret; Shakespeare, William, “Margaret Demorest Sonnet Annotations: Sonnets 145 and 146,” Goodstein Foundation Library Western History Center Digital Collections, accessed August 19, 2025, https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/items/show/9651.