I would like to know if this is a Shakespeare sonnet and what number is it?

"when's the drop-dead date when it is too late? to sleep, to sleep
perchance to dream, ayethere's the rub, for in that sleep of death
what dreams may come..."

Hi Isita!


The text you cite above is not a Shakespeare sonnet, but a part of
Hamlet?s "To Be or Not To Be" speech in Act III, Scene 1.

William Shakespeare
Hamlet - Act 3, Scene 1 - A room in the castle

HAMLET: 

?To be, or not to be: that is the question: 
    Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer 
    The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, 
    Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, 
    And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep; 
    No more; and by a sleep to say we end 
    The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks 
    That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation 
    Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep; 
    To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub; 
    For in that sleep of death what dreams may come 
    When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, 
    Must give us pause: there's the respect 
    That makes calamity of so long life; ?

Shakespeare-literature.com
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Index and synopsis of Hamlet
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Here is the complete text of Hamlet
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