At times, love means romantic love, but not always, which again creates opportunities for exploration. Caveats aside, the following five sonnets merit your attention as a performer. 1.

I first read Pablo Neruda’s collection of 100 love sonnets when I was 11 or 12, and I remember dog-earing the page of my library-book copy on Sonnet XVII.I hadn’t been in love yet, and didn ...

The poem was found in a 17th-century “miscellany,” a manuscript ... 'Politically Repurposed' Copy of Famous Shakespearean Love Sonnet Discovered Inside a 17th-Century Poetry Collection.

All sonnet contest entries must follow the Shakespearean/English sonnet format and can be submitted through the Southern Shakespeare Company website or emailed to [email protected].

The love sonnet is born. The sonnet was invented in 12th century Italy as a 14-line poem with 11 beats per line and various rhyming patterns. Its originator, Giacomo da Lentini, ...

A rare hand-written copy of one of the most famous love poems ever written has been discovered after hundreds of years. Dr Leah Veronese uncovered the version of William Shakespeare's Sonnet 116 ...

Charleston, SC, Nov. 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Poetry lovers who crave Shakespearean-style sonnets and rhyming iambic pentameter have a new collection to pick up for their reading pleasure: Last ...

The rare handwritten copy of "Sonnet 116" features several additional lines, which may have been an attempt to insert British royalist ideas into the romantic ode, according to researchers ...

Rare copy of famous Shakespeare love poem found. Image source, Bodleian Libraries. Image caption, The manuscript belonged to Elias Ashmole. Ethan Gudge. BBC News, Oxford. Published. 4 March 2025.