Shakespeare's Sonnets: Crash Course Literature 304
This week, we're learning about sonnets, and English Literature's best-known purveyor of those fourteen-line paeans, William Shakespeare. We'll look at a few ...
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Hi I’m John Green, this is Crash Course Literature, and you look great. Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Nah. Thou art more lovely and more temperate. [Theme Music] That William Shakespeare, he knew how to deliver a compliment. That’s right, today, we’re talking about Shakespeare’s sonnets, 159 poems collected and published in 1609. Mr Green, Mr Green, what’s a sonnet? Good question me from the past. In fact, such a good question that your 7th grade English teacher answered it for you, but apparently you’ve forgotten. A sonnet is a poetic form consisting of 14 lines. And there are various ways to order the stanzas and the rhyme scheme, but the Shakespearean stanza — named for Will not because he invented it, but, you know, because he was the best at it — consis...
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Hi I’m John Green, this is Crash Course Literature, and you look great. Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Nah. Thou art more lovely and more temperate. [Theme Music] That William Shakespeare, he knew how to deliver a compliment. That’s right, today, we’re talking about Shakespeare’s sonnets, 159 poems collected and published in 1609. Mr Green, Mr Green, what’s a sonnet? Good question me from the past. In fact, such a good question that your 7th grade English teacher answered it for you, but apparently you’ve forgotten. A sonnet is a poetic form consisting of 14 lines. And there are various ways to order the stanzas and the rhyme scheme, but the Shakespearean stanza — named for Will not because he invented it, but, you know, because he was the best at it — consis...
