Sonnet 18 Resources

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Videos

Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour singing Sonnet 18

Yeah, the only thing crazier than that description is the video itself. Definitely check it out.

Roxy Music’s Bryan Ferry singing the same version of Sonnet 18

We keep finding these. We have no idea who wrote the song or convinced notable rock vocalists to take a stab at it, but it’s all so insane that we had to link it.

Audios

Collected audio recordings of Shakespeare’s Sonnets

This collection is a who’s who of famous actors reading the sonnets.

Images

Cartoon of Shakes quoting Sonnet 55

Check out this quote and how well it works with Sonnet 18

Books

The Sonnets

A good modern edition of the Sonnets.

Websites

Archive of Shakespeare’s sonnets

A really helpful database for reading the sonnets

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