# Did Shaksper write the Sonnets? \[edited title\]

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**Created:** [April 19, 2010, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-shaksper-write-the-sonnets-edited-title/536631 "2010-04-19T15:39:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2010, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-shaksper-write-the-sonnets-edited-title/536631/77 "2010-04-25T19:09:38Z")

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> [@bonzer](#):
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> In summary, it’s not the sudden absence of datable astronomical references in the plays after 1604 that’s striking. It’s that there are none before then either.

Thanks for this, **bonzer**. I wanted to give Oxfordians at least some benefit of the doubt on their long string of coincidences, but as I see many that are not even “half-truths”, I lose interest in pursuing the others. Can I have the Mod retitle the thread: “Shaksper probably _did_ write the Sonnets (though gullible/skeptical septimus still isn’t _100% sure_)”? :smack:

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