A Lover's Complaint by William Shakespeare
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"A Lover's Complaint" by William Shakespeare is a narrative poem published in 1609 alongside Shakespeare's Sonnets. Written in rhyme royal, the poem tells the story of a young woman weeping by a river, casting away tokens of lost love. When an old man approaches, she recounts her seduction and abandonment by a charming but false lover. Despite recognizing his deception, she confesses she would fall for him again, revealing the enduring power
of desire over reason. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 |
|---|---|
| Title | A Lover's Complaint |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Lover%27s_Complaint |
| Credits |
This etext was prepared by the PG Shakespeare Team, a team of about twenty Project Gutenberg volunteers. |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 61.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700 |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 1543 |
| Release Date | Nov 1, 1998 |
| Last Update | Sep 19, 2025 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 433 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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