Name: Pop Sonnets
ISBN: 9781594748295

Erik Didriksen

The Bard meets the Backstreet Boys in Pop Sonnets, a collection of 100 classic pop songs reimagined as Shakespearean sonnets. All your favorite songs are here, including hits by Jay-Z, Johnny Cash, Katy Perry, Michael Jackson, Talking Heads, and many others. With stirring sentiments on everything from love and despair to wanton women, Pop Sonnets offers inspirational verse for every occasion.

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Pop Sonnets

Briar's Reviews

Pop Sonnets was perhaps one of the best reads in sonnets, aside from the wonderful William Shakespeare himself!

This wonderful set of poems has sonnets based on many pop culture hit songs. Each sonnet is written in the typical Shakespeare form (or English form) "a-b-a-b, c-d-c-d, e-f-e-f, g-g." All of the sonnets flow smoothly and do not seem to be to cheesy. Also, each sonnet fully describes the song it is based upon.

I absolutely loved this book! Each sonnet gave me a chuckle as I read them. It seemed as if Shakespeare could have written them himself!

Five out of five stars! I saw nothing wrong with this wonderful book of sonnets! I loved it!

I received this book for free through Goodreads First Reads.

Zoe Smolen

This is such a fun book. Have you ever wanted to hear what Bon Jovi, Jay-Z, and Rebecca Black sound like were they written by William Shakespeare, well here is your chance. And trust me, you want to hear it. 

This book gives examples of classic pop songs had they been written as the Bard's Sonnets. It's a hoot of a book and would be a great tool for teaching teens about sonnets. I absolutely loved it!

Disclaimer: I received this book for free for an honest review from NetGalley

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