By Amelia Nierenberg Reporting, and romancing, in London If you have already had the good fortune of encountering “Sonnet 116” by William Shakespeare, you were probably at a wedding.

The sonnet, popularised in English by Shakespeare, is a fourteen-line poem. The subject matter is the verse form itself.

A rare handwritten copy of Shakespeare's Sonnet 116 has been found in Oxford University’s Bodleian Library. The copy of a ...

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 ...

We have people call in from across the country, and even the world at all hours of the night to partake in the festivities.” ...

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