Episode 13: "Sonnet 130" by William Shakespeare, Because if He Can Number His, so Can We (with Mike Schubert)

"Sonnet 130" by William Shakespeare was originally published in 1609. In this English Love Sonnet, Shakespeare mocks the typical way people describe their loves, by realistically describing his. In this episode, with special guest Mike Schubert, Hannah and Jon discuss the format of a sonnet, dissecting the three quatrains and final couplet, as well as theorize over who was the woman in the sonnet. They also answer the question: is this a diss track?

Hannah was thrilled to have Schubes on the pod, and they both used the power of Google to define words you may have looked over. Jon talks about analysis-ers, analysists, analyzers (?) of historical works as to the theory of who the sonnet was about. The Wu-Tang Clan, Something Rotten, and Homer all make an appearance as they wonder if Shakespeare actually wrote his own works or not. AnaLITical may officially be a Shakespeare-slander podcast, as Hannah and Jon hate on the number of plays about Richards. And if we've learned anything from Sonnets and Greek Mythology, please don't compare ANYONE to Aphrodite. It won't end well.

Check out Mike's new project with the Kickstarter LIVE NOW here: http://bit.ly/modernmuckraker

http://modernmuck.com/

And his other work can all be found here: https://www.schub.es/

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