Original sentence: In 1609 his sonnets were published, love poems variously addressed: most to a youth (or  'fair lord'); the remainder to a 'dark lady'.Some regard the former set as being homoerotic, but that characterization remains in debate
Edited sentence: In 1609 he published his sonnets, love poems variously addressed: most, replete with homoerotic innuendo, to a youth (or  'fair lord'); the remainder to a 'dark lady'