Shakespeare reading "Hamlet" to his family, circa 1600. Most people confuse a sonnet and a poem, but they have slight differences. A sonnet is a specific type of poem, typically consisting of 14 ...

People prefer AI-generated poetry to Shakespeare because it is more “beautiful” and easier to understand, a study has found. The Bard’s sonnets, as well as works by literary figures such as ...

Malcolm Guite on how Coleridge, Shakespeare, and C.S. Lewis help us understand the poetic imagination. Why might a thoughtful Christian choose to take an interest in poetry? Is there something in ...

With a little something for young adults, a little something for a more mature audience and lots of inside jokes for ...

The allure of William Shakespeare reflects how works from the actor, playwright and poet from England can still be relatable ...

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 ...

In 1593 and 1594, Shakespeare’s first poems, 'Venus and Adonis' and 'The Rape of Lucrece', were published and he dedicated them to his patron, Henry Wriothesley, the Earl of Southampton.

The study protocol used five poems from 10 famous English poets including Shakespeare, Geoffrey Chaucer, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Allen Ginsberg and Sylvia Plath. The researchers enlisted ...