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Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day by William Shakespeare
The Troubadour Podcast
English - May 24, 2020 20:00 - 34 minutes - 24 MBBooks Arts Health & Fitness poetry literature literature and life historical stories wisdom of the ages Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Surprised by Art! With Luc Travers
Who remembers those magic eye illusions from the 90s? On this episode I use Shakespeare's most famous poem to illustrate how poetry is like those illusions.
Poetry begins as a meaningless jumble of lines on a page, but it ends with deep meaning. As Frost puts it, a good poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom. But how can we reach that "end?" And is it truly worth it?
These are some questions I discuss with you as I explore this great and short 14 line sonnet by the great bard himself.