This sonnet is Shakespeare’s 16th-century version of swagger, brimming with the same bold confidence you’d expect from a modern-day rapper. Sonnet 55 is a Shakespearean ode to the immortality ...
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?' asks Shakespeare ... though still uses 14 lines. Modern sonnets follow the same basic conventions, including the pattern: da-DUM, da-DUM, da-DUM ...
An inspiring introduction debunks long-established biographical myths about Shakespeare's sonnets and proposes new insights about how and why he wrote them. Explanatory notes and modern English ...