Tag Archives: Shakespeare

Poem Memory Tip # 3

Posted on September 7, 2011 by literarylee

Some forms of poetry have a specific number of words or syllables.  Most, or at least many, sonnets contain 14 lines, each with 10 syllables.  Knowing a pattern like the number of syllables in a line, or a particular rhyme … Continue reading →

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Sonnet 128

Posted on September 7, 2011 by literarylee

William Shakespeare How oft when thou, my music, music play’st, Upon that blessed wood whose motion sounds With thy sweet fingers when thou gently sway’st The wiry concord that mine ear confounds, Do I envy those jacks that nimble leap, … Continue reading →

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Poem Memory Tip # 7

Posted on July 30, 2011 by literarylee

Some poems contain a line that seems almost perfect.  Or if not perfect, at least rare, clever, beautiful, and therefore, completely memorable.  I recently finished memorizing Shakespeare’s Sonnet 99 and recited it to my bride on our 3oth wedding anniversary … Continue reading →

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Sonnet 99

Posted on July 30, 2011 by literarylee

William Shakespeare The forward violet thus did I chide: Sweet thief, whence didst thou steal thy sweet that smells, If not from my love’s breath?  The purple pride which on the soft cheek for complexion dwells In my love’s veins … Continue reading →

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