You can also still join BIPC events and webinars and access one-to-one support. See what's available at the British Library in St Pancras or online and in person via BIPCs in libraries across London. Upstart Crow S1E4 names Emilia as the Dark Lady and portrays her as annoyed with her depiction in sonnet 130 and more receptive to Kit Marlowe's crude but direct flattery. The series also includes the character of Lucy, a tavern-keeper from Africa. Was Countess of Southampton the lady in William Shakespeare's sonnets?". Daily Echo. 2023-01-19 . Retrieved 2023-10-29.

Edmondson, Paul; Wells, Stanley, eds. (2004). Shakespeare's sonnets. Oxford University Press. pp.141–142. ISBN 978-0199256105. I would have liked to understand the curse clearer, but loved the bit about Shakespeare - he did not disappoint. All too often these famous historical figures in real life, behave in ways that can only be disappointing. Like finding out a famous person you admire is a racist. You feel so very disappointed in them and in yourself for seeing something in them good, that clearly wasn't there. Shakespeare in his teeny role, behaved well. Which I appreciated and was a relief despite it being fiction. Lol. Enjambment: occurs when the poet cuts off a line before its natural stopping point—for example, the transition between lines ten and eleven. Metaphor: a comparison between two unlike things using like or as. For example, Shakespeare compares his mistress’s eyes to the dark feathers of a raven. Wells, Stanley (8 April 2010). Shakespeare, Sex, & Love. Oxford University Press. p.73. ISBN 9780199578597.

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Readers who enjoyed ‘Sonnet 127’should also consider reading some of the other William Shakespeare poems. For example: It's not because the story itself took a different turn that I wasn't expecting - though that's definitely one of the reasons why. It's because even though I was very excited to dive into this book, I was only three chapters in when I was already considering DNFing it. It was slow-moving almost instantly, and I just found that I was not connecting with this story whatsoever, and I could just feel it putting me into a reading slump already; I just knew that this book was not for me.

O'Connor, Desmond (3 January 2008). "Florio, John (1553–1625)". ODNB. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (onlineed.). Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/ref:odnb/9758. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)Some would argue that using his mainstream appeal to young people as a tool to get them to read what is essentially educational historical fiction is very clever. Some would argue it will inspire today's youth to view Shakespearean language and culture with new eyes. However, I, someone who has lived and worked among London teens for many years say differently. More about the dominant medical system of the 16th century, and how Shakespeare used it in his work. Henry and his cousins Mary and Matthew pass the time and earn some precious money by robbing more well to do houses in London. One night Matthew tells of a commission he's had for them to steal a particular item of jewellery from a Duke's house. They get disturbed, Matthew gets away but Mary and Henry get caught and their lives change forever. Henry has a 'gift' that the Duke exploits, but will he conform to the high life at the expense of his heritage and true family?

Like another reviewer pointed out, the whole Shakespeare thing, and Henry's poetry, feel incredibly contrived and work poorly within the bounds of the story. Woods, Susanne, ed. (1993). The Poems of Aemilia Lanyer: Salve Deus Rex Judæorum. Oxford University Press. p.xix. Rowse's fantasy has tended to obscure Lanyer as a poet. If you're looking to read a story that isn't necessarily a life changing one to read, but is an impactful one nevertheless - one about growth, mistakes, race and poverty, and finding power in words - then you should definitely give The Dark Lady a go. It has its flaws (as I've mentioned in this review), but overall, it is an amazing story to read, and I'm now so excited to see what it is Akala delivers next when it comes to Henry's journey. I enjoyed the historical setting, I enjoyed the poetry that grows and evolves throughout, and I enjoyed the mystery to this story surrounding Henry's mother, the woman haunting his dreams, and those bold paragraphs in between each chapter - paragraphs that felt out of place with this book at first, but now that I've finished this story... I completely understand their significance, and they've made me very excited at the prospect of more to come.Rowse, A. L. (1973). Shakespeare's sonnets - the problems solved. London: Macmillan. pp.xxxiv–xxxv. ISBN 9780333147344. Pitcher, John (September 2004). "Daniel, Samuel (1562/3–1619)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (onlineed.). Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/ref:odnb/7120. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) I also thought the poems were very iffy, but then again they are just meant to be the musings of a 15 year old? Bate, Jonathan (2008). "The dark lady". The genius of Shakespeare. Oxford: Picador. p.94. ISBN 9780330458436. Jacqueline Field was the French-born wife of Shakespeare's friend and publisher Richard Field. The "not impeccable" reasoning provided by Charlotte Carmichael Stopes, a lecturer in literary history, to justify the claim does not form a strong case, comprising little more than: “as a Frenchwoman…she would have had dark eyes, a sallow complexion and that indefinable charm", thus matching the character in the sonnets. [27] [28] Jennet Davenant [ edit ]