sentences:  In a historical context, in "The Sonnets of Shakespeare", Raymond Alden suggests that, "The time referred to is unmistakably that after the ascension of James; and the gunpowder plot is such a remarkable instance of a plot to strike a 'blow of thralled discontent'.This is also supported by Lee who concurs in his analysis in "Shakespeare's Sonnets.A Reproduction in Facsimile of the First Edition (1609).