Shakespeare's Best | Sonnet 116 ("Let me not to the marriage of true minds")

The History of Literature

Jacke Wilson

History, Books, Arts

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🗓️ 20 August 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Continuing the "Shakespeare on Thursdays" theme for August, Jacke takes a look at Sonnet 116 ("Let me not to the marriage of true minds"), another one of Shakespeare's most beloved and well known sonnets. What does the poem say about love? How does it fit into the world of weddings? And what does it have for readers today? Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/shop. (We appreciate it!) Find out more at historyofliterature.com, jackewilson.com, or by following Jacke and Mike on Twitter at @thejackewilson and @literatureSC. Or send an email to [email protected]. The History of Literature Podcast is a member of the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at www.thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature. *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy. Since you're listening to The History of Literature, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding literature, history, and storytelling like Storybound, Micheaux Mission, and The History of Standup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The History of Literature Podcast is a member of the Podglamorate Network and LIT Hub Radio.
0:07.0	Who is reading Shakespeare's Science?
0:12.0	No, I am.
0:16.0	Marian is reading the mug to us.
0:18.0	And which are your favorites?
0:19.0	Without doubt, mine is 116.
0:22.0	Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments.
0:26.0	Love is not love, which alters when it alteration finds or bends with the remover to remove.
0:34.0	Then how does it continue?
0:36.0	Oh no, it isn't ever fixed it mark.
0:39.0	It looks on Stomp-
0:41.0	Oh, it's, is it template? I do believe it is tempest. Let you find it. It's strange, you should be reading these for... Love which alters when its alteration binds.
0:55.0	And now the more beds with a movement to remove.
1:00.0	Oh now, it isn't ever fix it mark that looks on tempests and is never shaken.
1:10.0	Mm. the shake. That's Kate Winslet in the Emma Thompson version of Jane Austin's sense and
1:19.8	sensibility.
1:21.0	And guess what?
1:22.0	I just managed to say the names of three of my favorite women in one sentence.
1:26.0	Kate, Emma, and Jane are all creatively working toward expressing love of some kind and to what do they turn?
1:34.4	The sonnets of our old friend, William Shakespeare,
1:38.0	which as we've discussed these past few weeks
1:41.3	were probably written during some downtime due to the plague that shut down London
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