TO complete our Shakespeare sequence, here, on the four-hundredth anniversary of his death, are two of his most dazzling sonnets, dealing, as ever, with love and mortality.

Sonnets are a form of poem that was much loved by William Shakespeare. This one might be his most famous: Sonnet 18. 'Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?' asks Shakespeare. A sonnet is usually ...

FOR St Valentine’s Day, two of the great love poems in the British canon; the first by Shakespeare, the second by Burns. Note the hyperbolic claims of each great poet: Shakespeare that he will give ...

Shakespeare’s sonnets are considered some of the literary genius' most popular works, with some - such as Sonnet 18’s “Shall I compare thee to a summer's day” - becoming the best-known works in ...

Defining the word poem isn’t that simple. Basically, it’s any collection of written or spoken words that have some sort of lyrical quality, rhythm, and/or structure that’s less straightforward than a ...