LibGuides: Shakespeare's sonnets: Shakespeare's sonnets

Websites to help you

The links below will help you understand and learn about Shakespeare's sonnets.

Folgers Shakespeare's Sonnets
Download or read online Shakespeare's sonnets. Also educational notes, blog and podcasts. Lots to explore.
No sweat Shakespeare: Sonnets
Access all the sonnets online, Learn about what makes a sonnet and find out about iambic pentameter.
Analysis of Shakespeare's sonnets
Learn about Shakespearean sonnets style, how to analyse, themes of the sonnets and more. Look under the More to Explore heading.
Royal Shakespeare Company: Sonnets
Learn about what a sonnet is and who they were addressed to.
Royal Shakespeare Company: Sonnets in Solitude
Watch and listen to professional RSC actors read some of the sonnets.
Royal Shakespeare Company: Shakespeare's Language
Learn about Iambic pentameter and how Shakespeare used language.

Go to your Spotify account and find:

SONNETCAST: William Shakespeare's sonnets recited, revealed and relived.