The Shakespeare of the plays is god-like ... Sonnets 1 to 17 are known as the “procreation sonnets”, while 78 to 86, which reveal that another poet is drawing inspiration from the fair ...

“It is better to read the sonnets for universal values than to lose their poetry by turning them into riddles about Shakespeare’s biography,” warned the scholar C. L. Barber. But sonnets ...

In a previous article, I wrote how Shakespeare’s sonnets provide an evocative alternative to more traditional choices for classical monologues in professional auditions. In this piece ...

The works of William Shakespeare have long been a staple of both high school drama and English classes around the country. However, despite their prevalence in the classroom, many students still ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. Sonnets are a form of poem that was much loved by William Shakespeare. This one might be his most famous: Sonnet 18.

The book is a collection of 154 sonnets, poems consisting of 14 lines. In Shakespeare’s sonnets, the lines are divided into four subgroups-usually-with the first three subgroups having four ...