![]() Thoughts on “Woolgathering” by Patti Smith.Thoughts on “Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind” by Shunryu Suzuki.Thoughts on “Tristram Shandy” by Laurence Sterne.“Odyssey” by Homer: Book VII – Gardens and Firelight.“Who Goes With Fergus” by William Butler Yeats.“Correspondences” by Charles Baudelaire.Symbolism in "The Ocean at the End of the Lane" by Neil Gaiman.“The Rose of the World” by William Butler Yeats.“To an Isle in the Water” by William Butler Yeats.The Power of Words in “The Book Thief” by Markus Zusak.Introduction to Songs of Experience by William Blake.Unholy Trinity: The Number Three in Shakespeare’s “Macbeth”.The cadence and rhythm resonate with our deeper selves, and each sonnet is nothing short of a perfect fourteen-line view into the heart of Shakespeare. Shakespeare wrote a total of 154 sonnets, and they express emotion in such a way that 400 years after his death, we still connect with his words. Anyway, Wordsworth provides examples of poets who used the sonnet as a vehicle to express themselves, and as such it is not surprising that Shakespeare is first among those mentioned. It seems that even back then, artists hated critics. In this sonnet, Wordsworth defends the poetic form of the sonnet against attacks from critics. Rather than post my thoughts on one of Shakespeare’s works, I decided to share this sonnet by Wordsworth. Today is the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death, so I wanted to post something in honor of the writer who has inspired so many throughout the years. The Thing became a trumpet whence he blew To struggle through dark ways and, when a dampįell round the path of Milton, in his hand It cheered mild Spenser, called from Faery-land With it Camöens soothed an exile’s grief Īmid the cypress with which Dante crowned Of this small lute gave ease to Petrarch’s wound Ī thousand times this pipe did Tasso sound Shakespeare unlocked his heart the melody Mindless of its just honours with this key Scorn not the Sonnet Critic, you have frowned, “Scorn Not the Sonnet Critic, You Have Frowned” by William Wordsworth ![]()
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