Shakespeares Sonnets, Retold: Classic Love Poems with a Modern Twist Shakespeare WilliamPevná vazba
Shakespeares Sonnets, Retold: Classic Love Poems with a Modern Twist Shakespeare WilliamPevná vazba An enlightening and entertaining collection of the most esteemed love poems in the English canon,…
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Shakespeares Sonnets, Retold: Classic Love Poems with a Modern Twist Shakespeare WilliamPevná vazba
An enlightening and entertaining collection of the most esteemed love poems in the English canon, retold in contemporary language everyone can understandJames Anthony has long enjoyed poetry with a strict adherence to beat, rhythm, and rhyming patterns, which he likens to the very best pop songs. One day, out of curiosity, he rewrote Sonnet 18--Shall I compare thee to a summer's day--line-by-line, in the strict five-beat iambic pentameter and rhyming patterns of the original, but in a contemporary language a modern reader could easily understand. This drew him to the rewarding 14-line structure of Shakespeare's sonnets, yet he often found their abstract language frustratingly unintelligible.
The meaning and sentiment--difficult to spot, initially--came to life, revealing new intricacies in the workings of Shakespeare's heart.And so, James embarked on a