| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.310 | sonnet you writ to Diana in behalf of the Count | sonnet you writ to Diana in behalfe of the Count |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iv.70 | Or to the dreadful summit of the cliff | Or to the dreadfull Sonnet of the Cliffe, |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.38 | wonder at him. I once writ a sonnet in his praise, and | wonder at him, I once writ a Sonnet in his prayse, and |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.40 | I have heard a sonnet begin so to one's mistress. | I haue heard a Sonnet begin so to ones Mistresse. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.177 | sure I shall turn sonnet. Devise, wit; write, pen; for I | sure I shall turne Sonnet. Deuise Wit, write Pen, for I |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.58 | (reading) | He reades the Sonnet. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.99 | (reading) | Dumane reades his Sonnet. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.132 | Did never sonnet for her sake compile, | Did neuer Sonnet for her sake compile; |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.4 | Will you then write me a sonnet in praise of | Will you then write me a Sonnet in praise of |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.iv.87 | A halting sonnet of his own pure brain, | A halting sonnet of his owne pure braine, |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.22 | the very true sonnet is: ‘Please one and please all'. | the very true / Sonnet is: Please one, and please all. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.ii.93 | I have a sonnet that will serve the turn | I haue a Sonnet, that will serue the turne |