For our series Making of a Poem, we’re asking poets and translators to dissect the poems they’ve published in our pages.

Although their visit is brief, roses define the New England summer as much as sailboats and clams.

In his plays, Shakespeare created complex characters navigating universal issues. He additionally invented the Shakespearean sonnet, a 14-line classic poem form with a set structure and rhyme pattern.

Devon Glover worked with two different ninth-grade language arts classes on a variety of Shakespeare’s works during a week-long residency.

‘Politically Repurposed’ Copy of Famous Shakespearean Love Sonnet Discovered Inside a 17th-Century Poetry Collection The rare handwritten copy of “Sonnet 116” features several additional ...

Archaeology & History Forgotten Copy of Shakespeare’s Most Famous Sonnet Unearthed in Oxford Library The extended version of the poem was found hidden in a 17th-century manuscript.

An Oxford researcher found a rare, handwritten variation of one of Shakespeare’s most famous love poems. About 400 years ago, its meaning might have been very different.

Dr Leah Veronese uncovered the version of William Shakespeare's Sonnet 116 tucked away in a 17th Century poetry collection at the University of Oxford.

The recently discovered copy of Sonnet 116 "reads as a political love song" during England's Civil Wars, according to the professor who found it.