Shakespeare For All

Shakespeare's Sonnets Part 3

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Part 3 starts with a discussion of general reading strategies to help you discover the poetic techniques and insights of any individual sonnet. It concludes with a close-reading of three sonnets from Professor Michael Schoenfeldt that show the extraordinary range of tone, emotion, and perspective in Shakespeare’s poems.

Speeches and performers:

  • Sonnet 29, “When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes” (Ashley Byam)
  • Sonnet 18, “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” (Jeff Cornell)
  • Sonnet 116, “Let me not to the marriage of true minds” (Amanda Harris)
  • Sonnet 129, “Th’ expense of spirit in a waste of shame” (Amanda Harris)
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    Shakespeare For AllBy Maria Devlin McNair
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