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Shakespeare's Sonnets Part 3
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Length:
30 minutes
Released:
Aug 4, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
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)
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)
Released:
Aug 4, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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