Sonnet 18 - William Shakespeare

[ilikeblondie]

The only problem with this? its just a minute long.

[michaelseemingly]

Yes. Innocent, clear and you understand the meaning & that comes across nicely. It's not too fast, it's not too slow ... there is no prescribed pace, it all depends on how you feel & how your voice harmonises with that feeling. Yours does so, well.

[CCPoetryNow]

Added to favourites...Love & Appreciation

[cpadill5]

I wish I understood Shakespeare's work. It's so difficult to comprehend! How can I try or where do I start?

[tangoseven70]

I've never really liked this poem (...compared to many of his other poetries) until now. Thanks.

[Pastaforia]

U guys r haters.. it really helps when you have to learn a sonnet for english class!

thank you!

[bezdozhdya]

this is not sonnet 18...

lovely voice )

[Stickyman714]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

ITS TO FAAAAAST

[awesomepeeps12345]

well, this was very helpful. i am doing this for an audition for a play, and i needed to hear somone else say it. thanks for posting! i have been a great help for my to ge the flow. i hope i do well! ha!!

[KINGNEF]

sorry didnt like it, its too fast, no emotion

[romkidd]

There's no accounting for taste. There are times when a poem should be read aloud without any emotion. I personally like her voice very much, and I'm ever of opinion that English poems, especially those of this kind, sound far better when read by young girls. I'd even like to request her to record her reading of Lord Byron's 'Childe Harold's Pilgrimage' and 'Don Juan'.

[romkidd]

Long live the Bard of Avon!

[SoloRaven]

Beautiful! 10*

[XpianoxboyX]

How do you interpret william shakespeare's sonnets? They're so hard!

it hurts my brain T T".

LAWL.

[jonjojef]

I think that Shakespeare is great because there is not only one interpretation to his works. Each time you read it more pops out to you.

[Sanmallover]

Take it part by part. Each time you read it, read it from a different perspective.

[temptationqueen]

i love shakespear. i would one day have everything made by him

[AdytaShakespeare]

beautiful,really beautiful.

[dksooosee]

so what is this poem about I need to finish this project

[Sanmallover]

He's comparing someone (his love) to a summer's day. As in things can move her, but they don't change.

[missbabyice]

He's saying that summer is beautiful but it doesn't last, whereas the love (it is often attributed to the collection of poems he wrote to his male muse but it trascends that) has 'eternal Summer' and that it is immortalised in this poem.

[ukmarco20]

very nice, thank you

[Pedrolarrozapretti]

I'm not a native speaker of the English language, but as a lover of English, a lover of poetry and a lover of The Bard's legacy, please let me congratulate you for your recitation:

Your enunciation is brilliant, all the inflections sound appropriate and musical, and even your soft voice timbre helps to build a breezy summer afternoon atmosphere.

Thanks for the video.

[MisszOrange]

you know shakespeare wrote that sonnet for a man.

[NABiLALi77]

true :p

he shakes his speare :p

[faizzi007]

U gotta be kidding? Why would u say that?

[cogidubnus1953]

Beautiful...and as an Englishman let me pay tribute to the recitation, which is probably closer to Shakesperian English pronunciation than current "received" English...

Your timing is maybe a tad stilted, but hey it was 400+ years ago, so who's to tell? Either way it was good. Thank you!

[tatze1986]

thank you very much for your comment!

[BrunoRadaTilly]

you suck

[tatze1986]

If you feel the need to comment, you should at least be a little more constructive and say why you think I suck.

[katiegreenaway]

There's a thousand and more sayings, that we use thoughtlessly that come originally from Will. They're used so often that they're part of the English language. Do you really think that they would have survived so long if they were not good, great, and perfectly descriptive?

[MANSHOTS]

William Shakespeare was a fairy from Middle Ages who wrote several overrated plays that infiltrated American school system years ago to eventually imprison students in having to read & interpret old school English that nobody gives a shit about today,when kids can't even read/understand road signs & their state criminal & civil laws, don't know terms DWI DUI felony disorderly person& misdemeanor until official release from custody of Shakespeare lover's 13yr sentence

(18 yrs with college parol)

[notallwhowanderrlost]

This video is so pretty and you read it SO well :)

I totally favorited it; this sonnet is awesome! I remember when I memorized it for school =)

[kolvek123]

i have to memorize this for school and it is hard

[rrevolutionary07]

If you have to memorize it, just close your eyes, and live the poem. Think about it, analyze it, treat it as if it was a beatiful bird. Then, the poem will come to you.

Good luck

[lastmanstandingdies]

good job!

[51n4domination]

Shakespeare is a prick. Why is he so famous? He ruined Americans' views on England. Now they think we all have buck teeth and talk in a meaningless language which is gay. His plays and poems suck. Meaningless, shit and a disgrace to the society. To the world infact.

[djcobolt]

"He ruined Americans' views on England. " are you a idiot? think about what you said....just look up some dates.....

[dpaveglio]

51n4domination, a truly stupid thing to say. I suggest you read Shakespeare a little bit closer; he will cure you of your stupidity.

[chineezboiz]

hi there chav. how are you chav? did not know that chavs liked or knew how to use spellcheck. hey chav, are you an englishmen? didn't know chavs counted as british. hope to see you in court for disturbing the peace and going around thinking that knife of yours is a gun. and in my opinion, shakespeare makes me think way more of england then anything else. to perfect and master a language so elegantly. great Britainia should be proud to have created such a great scholar.

[chineezboiz]

and another thing. Shakespeare to me makes me think highly of England and view England in great regards. it's you god damned chavs that i hate as an american. what ever happened to gentlemen, chivalry, and knighthoods. everybody wants to be a god damned eminem in England. he's great and all, but you chavs will never be no f'ing eminem.

[lastmanstandingdies]

you just don't apprecaite good literature, because you don't understand it.

[egobonze]

lovely reading... got goose bumps

[janewayite]

Beautiful reading!

[RageAndLove1]

uh oh u messed up a word!

[WillShakespeare2007]

I am the artistic director of the British Shakespeare Company. We have a film here. Thank you for sharing this.

[pitbullhero667]

its.......zzzzzzzzz

[bernardshakespeare]

It is intersting to hear this with a light voice. It has a different effect to mine and I like this.

[iandior]

astig...

number 1...

number 1...

number 1!!!

[lovemestrawbery]

love this poem.

[kimiwarrior91]

wow

i love dis poem

very nice and meaningful

[AliceCrow11]

lovely reading. rare to hear poetry read so well. thanks.

[bowlingballout]

Thank you, lovely rendition.

[creamofcardstv]

Great video! I've given you five stars. Please check out my clip on 1930's trading cards of famous peoples' homes from history: William, Shakespeare, Sir Walter Scott, Sir Isaac Newton, John Knox, John Keats, Thomas Hardy, Charles Dickens, Charles Darwin, Lord Byron, Robert Burns, William Shakespeare etc.

[nordicsky]

Thankyou Tatze you read that so well. I think this is a beautiful sonnet. Shakespeare is still cool.

[nordicsky]

Thanks Tatze I really enjoyed your reading of sonnet 18 I'm studying it at the moment, I think it's quite beautiful

[fumala420]

that was great!  bravo

[Gigolo8]

Wonderful, truly well done. Thanks to you and to Shakespear.

[AnimalMother22]

Really nice vid, if only normal english people could speak shakespeare that good :D well done ;)