The critical dilemma. Finding a structural principle for the sequence ; Finding a structural principle for the individual sonnets

Structures versus structure. Formal, logical, and syntactical patterns ; False starts and changes of direction

Multiple patterns. Rhetorical structure ; Phonetic structure ; Patterns of diction ; Multiplicity

Unity and division, likeness and difference. Phonetic unity and division ; Antanaclasis ; Paradoxical style ; Unity and division as a theme

Motion of the mind. Times continual haste : Sonnet 73 ; The comfort of the couplet : Sonnet 60

All forwards do contend. The thrust of the sonnets ; The progress of Sonnet 94

Recapitulation and conclusion. Shakespeare and the essence of verse ; Shakespeare and the sonnet form : Sonnet 15 ; Shakespeare and the sonnet tradition : Sonnet 15 ; The value of the sonnets.