Talk:Sonnet 116

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"Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 116” is wonderful poem..."

I gagged at that without reading any further. "Wonderful"? It didn't even have an "a" in there. This "commentary" section is very unencyclopedic. It feels as though some high school student just copy-pasted their night's homework in there. Can we get a clean-up on this please? -- Thesis4Eva ^cont. _talk 08:38, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

I agree, there is little in the commentary section of interest, need to be rewritten in a more formal style, and not simply lifted off of another site

Yeah, and in line 12 of the poem, the word "beats" was typed instead of "bears." That needs to be fixed.

Problems, problems. . .

I feel certain that my edits will not stand, but the previous interpretation was too shallow to let stand, either. The previous version saw this poem as being solely about romantic love, and I see something deeper. Unfortunately, I am not sufficiently versed in the secondary literature to be able to document any claims. Anyone??Landrumkelly 16:04, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

I don't see an "In Popular Culture" section for this page; but in about the summer of 2000, I heard this sonnet recited on Garrison Keillor's radio show, A Prairie Home Companion. I don't know the number/name of this particular show. (He was talking about "two teenage girls".) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.252.64.70 (talk) 21:06, 7 September 2007 (UTC)