Great project. I’ve forgotten whatever I was taught about the sonnets and where they fit in the arc of his career. The sentiment driving this one is a barrier to the modern reader (this reader, anyway), so non-academics aren’t likely to read it unless someone like you comes along. I guess 40 was ancient in Shakespeare’s time, when people had short lives and women had many pregnancies.
Interesting experiment! Keep it going 👍
Great project. I’ve forgotten whatever I was taught about the sonnets and where they fit in the arc of his career. The sentiment driving this one is a barrier to the modern reader (this reader, anyway), so non-academics aren’t likely to read it unless someone like you comes along. I guess 40 was ancient in Shakespeare’s time, when people had short lives and women had many pregnancies.