An Essay On Shakespeare's Sonnets
by:
Stephen Booth (author)
ISBN:
9780300011005 (0300011008)
Publisher: Yale University Press
Edition language: English
What makes Shakespeare's sonnets so good? Why does a sonnet such as the one below still resonate?My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;Coral is far more red, than her lips red:If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.I have seen roses damask...