"Sonnet 18 - Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?" by William Shakespeare (poetry reading)

[ShadesOfWillow]

So beautiful, so favored....

[aceofspades02]

Thou hast a great voice and diction! Well done and thanks for sharing!

Ace

[veneragh]

Love it, thanks!

[kendraxiong]

You have a great narrating voice! :)

[glowghosty]

@29harveydinio Michael Wood in his biography of Shakespeare pg 183-185 asserts that the language of the poems, incorporating themes of love and death suggest that the 'Young Man' in question was his 9 year old son Hamnet who died in 1596, and not some romantic overature to a courtly lord in tights. I just thought I'd add this, to counter the multi-cultural perspective we were all force fed in college.

[jarvik2000]

Excellent poetry. I love Shakespeare.

[FloresDeLaPrimavera]

What ever it is meant to, it is beautiful and a lovely reading indeed..

[ladycosmod]

Love it. 

[selmoonneamt]

cool

[scifiwritir]

When I used to teach I always taught this at the same time I taught My Mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun. Thanks, Spoken.