The Sonnets trace the course of Shakespeare's affection for a young patron of rank and beauty. Other characters are alluded to who evidently played a real part ... » 

The Sonnets trace the course of Shakespeare's affection for a young patron of rank and beauty. Other characters are alluded to who evidently played a real part in the writer's life. In the poem A Lover's Complaint, a young woman is overheard lamenting her betrayal by a heartless seducer. «