The Passionate Pilgrim (1599)
Introduction The rules that govern publishing in the modern era are pretty clear-cut, but in Shakespeare’s day they were in the process of being finalised and matters were not as straightforward then as they are today. Nowadays, a manuscript is effectively a piece of property – much like a car or a house – but […]
Shakespeare’s Sonnets 18 – 32
Sonnets 18 – 32 Sonnet 18 Summary: Summer is short and all beautiful things live brief lives. But the “fair youth” is different from nature: his beauty is eternal and death will never claim it, since this poem immortalises this beauty and gives it life as long as there are people alive to read the […]