@BluetreefrogM to Ask LemmyEnglish • 7 months agoWhat is your favourite poem, and why?message-square66arrow-up197arrow-down13
arrow-up194arrow-down1message-squareWhat is your favourite poem, and why?@BluetreefrogM to Ask LemmyEnglish • 7 months agomessage-square66
minus-squaremechoman444link3•7 months agoI can’t remember the number but it’s a sonnet by (of course) Shakespeare but it’s the one where he’s ruminating about how he’s eventually going to die. It starts off by comparing the fleeting short existence of a person to the summer season.
I can’t remember the number but it’s a sonnet by (of course) Shakespeare but it’s the one where he’s ruminating about how he’s eventually going to die.
It starts off by comparing the fleeting short existence of a person to the summer season.
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? (18)