Shakespeare 129: “The heav’n that leads men to this hell”

William Shakespeare

Read By: Robert Pinsky

What happens when a sonneteer is up against a feeling his art can’t master? Though many sonnets seem like courtship exercises, some transcend that impetus into profound emotional territory. The following lecture discusses Shakespeare’s Sonnet 129.

  • William Shakespeare
  • 17th Century
  • English
  • Teasing, Flirting & Courting
  • Lecture
  • Teasing
  • Love
  • The Art of Poetry