ROSALYN FINLAYSON

This week, were learning about sonnets, and English Literatures best-known purveyor of those fourteen-line paeans, William Shakespeare. Well look at a few of Willy Shakess biggest hits, including Sonnet 18, "Shall I compare thee to a summers day," Sonnet 116, "Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediment," and Sonnet 130, "My mistressess eyes are nothing like the sun." Well talk about what makes a sonnet, a little bit about their history, and even a little bit about how reading poetry helps us understand how to be human beings.

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