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Shakespeare's Sonnet XVIII (abridged) You're hot. But not as hot as this poem. Shakespeare's Sonnet CXVI (abridged) I'll love you even when you are sixty four Or my name's not Heather Mills. Shakespeare's Sonnet XCIV (abridged) Stay cool man. Peace. Like, flower power, y'know?

Shakespeare has almost become synonymous to drama, we all know the fact. However, the lyrical quality that he was born with (even his life was lyrical, wasn't it?) bestowed immense poetry to his plays and perhaps, those plays led to the sonnets we are singing even today. Is there any sonnet sequence Leggi tutto

This is my favourite Shakespeare sonnet: Sonnet 29 When, in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes,I all alone beweep my outcast state,And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,And look upon myself and curse my fate,Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,Featured like him, like him with frie

Book Review William Shakespeare wrote hundreds of sonnets over three decades, mostly from the 1580s through 1610. I'm assuming most everyone has read a few of his sonnets, given they are usually required reading in high school. There is something to love in every single one of them. There

There is no fundamental issue to call this book a great one. Shakespeare is really different from other poets. The style and composition of words in a beautiful pattern makes him look beyond the ordinary league. His sonnets secretly deliver manifold messages. From joy to the seriousness.

"Cut these words, and they would bleed," I want to gasp. What Montaigne did for Emerson, Shakespeare does for me. His sonnets weren't taught when I was in school. It was all about the plays. Those were reduced to who did what and when and usually involved a knife. Easy to correct short answers reduce Leggi tutto