"A Lover's Complaint" by William Shakespeare is a narrative poem published in 1609 as part of Shakespeare's Sonnets. The poem follows a young woman weeping by a river, throwing away tokens of lost love. When an old man asks about her sorrow, she recounts her seduction and abandonment by a charming young lover. Written in rhyme royal, the forty-seven stanza poem explores themes of deception and desire, concluding with a haunting admission about the power of false charms. (This is an automatically generated summary.)