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Pop Sonnets
Love the song “Call Me Maybe?” Adele’s “Hello?” Well, imagine if those tunes were reworked as Shakespearean sonnets. There are rules: the sonnets have to be 14 lines long and have ten syllables per line. Find out how “this sick beat” from Taylor Swift’s “Shake it Off” is translated into Shakespearean glory.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readLove the song “Call Me Maybe?” Adele’s “Hello?” Well, imagine if those tunes were reworked as Shakespearean sonnets. There are rules: the sonnets have to be 14 lines long and have ten syllables per line. Find out how “this sick beat” from Taylor Swift’s “Shake it Off” is translated into Shakespearean glory.
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The full episode
4 of 5The Year of Police Shootings, Pop Sonnets, and the End of Death Metal- 0:00LA Shooting
- 7:42A Year of Police Shootings
- 18:47Dead Scientists Birth New Ideas
- 26:22Pop SonnetsYou’re reading this
- 42:03Last Days of Motley Crue