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  • Shall I Compare Thee to a Summers Day?

  • A Dozen Red Roses
  • By: William Shakespeare
  • Narrated by: Bill Wallis
  • Length: 2 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (17 ratings)

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Shall I Compare Thee to a Summers Day?

By: William Shakespeare
Narrated by: Bill Wallis
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Summary

Shakespeare's most famous sonnet, in which he tries, and fails, to find an apt comparison in nature, read by Bill Wallis.
Public Domain (P)2014 Audible, Inc.
Poetry
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One of The Most Beautiful Poems of All Time

What can be said about this exquisitely beautiful sonnet poem that hasn’t been said ? — and more eloquently than my barren words can do so.

Bill Wallis’s dulcet, mellifluous tones add even more to it in the reading.

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