Do you want to see more videos like this? If so, let me know in the comments below! There's a written version of Sonnet 129 in the description. If you want to see other videos I've made about Shakespeare, check out the links below: Julius Caesar and the Death of Free Speech: ua-cam.com/video/MNBBLtYD8-o/v-deo.html Hamlet's Guide to Overcoming Fear: ua-cam.com/video/7drwK7lFwR4/v-deo.html Lastly, I wrote an ebook on Shakespeare, which you can download for free below: "The Bard & the Bees: What Shakespeare taught me about sex, evil, and life in our modern world" rewirethewest.com/bard-and-the-bees/ See you this weekend for another Saturday video, and the first Sunday livestream! -Evan
Has any person ever articulated the human condition like Shakespeare? Genious .Enjoyed your commentary which elucidates the nuances and subtleties of the sonnet which are needed for people like me.Thank you.
I think you have a really genuine and honest ability to make people on all levels of familiarity of shakespeare feel welcome and enlightened unpretensiously. Thank you for this. Would love more of these.
Came to this after your apperance on gbnews as the first video i saw. Glad i watched it, my eyes would have glazed over on encountering most of shakespeare, but that was a fascinating explanation. Wonderful. Yes more please
Great analysis. You have earned a fan from Brazil. I know a very interesting painting that resonates with this sonnet by the Bard. It’s called “Deliverance” by Kalervo Palsa. Please let me know your thoughts about it and its connection to Shakespeare’s 14 liner opus.
@@selimgure not quite - the sonnet isn't against sex at all, it's only against lust. Men don't know well how to shun the heaven (fleeting but intense physical pleasure) that leads them to hell (the destruction of their soul by sinful lust)
@@RewiretheWest Neither is antinatalism. Considering the state of birth control, or the lack thereof, in the era, it would seem reasonable to shun the heaven altogether to avoid leading new people to hell. Catharism seems to have followed exactly that line of thinking. After all, "life is a tale told by an idiot, ... signifying nothing."
Do you want to see more videos like this? If so, let me know in the comments below!
There's a written version of Sonnet 129 in the description. If you want to see other videos I've made about Shakespeare, check out the links below:
Julius Caesar and the Death of Free Speech:
ua-cam.com/video/MNBBLtYD8-o/v-deo.html
Hamlet's Guide to Overcoming Fear:
ua-cam.com/video/7drwK7lFwR4/v-deo.html
Lastly, I wrote an ebook on Shakespeare, which you can download for free below:
"The Bard & the Bees: What Shakespeare taught me about sex, evil, and life in our modern world"
rewirethewest.com/bard-and-the-bees/
See you this weekend for another Saturday video, and the first Sunday livestream!
-Evan
Fantastic! More sonnets, please!
@@billglaser8853 Thanks, Bill! Hope to have some more for you soon
Yes I'd love to hear more on any Shakespeare sonnet
Has any person ever articulated the human condition like Shakespeare? Genious .Enjoyed your commentary which elucidates the nuances and subtleties of the sonnet which are needed for people like me.Thank you.
I think you have a really genuine and honest ability to make people on all levels of familiarity of shakespeare feel welcome and enlightened unpretensiously. Thank you for this. Would love more of these.
Came to this after your apperance on gbnews as the first video i saw. Glad i watched it, my eyes would have glazed over on encountering most of shakespeare, but that was a fascinating explanation. Wonderful. Yes more please
Thank you so much! Happy to hear it held your interest
This is brillant! Bravo!!!
Thank you! So glad you enjoyed it
@ congrats and greetings from a fellow Bard fan from Brazil!
Thank you! ❤️
you're very welcome! 🙌
Love this format!
glad to know! 😃
Wow so beautiful ❤️
Thank u so much
sure thing
An excellent interpretation of one of his best sonnets.
Thank you, Stewart! That means a lot, glad you enjoyed it
Great analysis. You have earned a fan from Brazil. I know a very interesting painting that resonates with this sonnet by the Bard. It’s called “Deliverance” by Kalervo Palsa. Please let me know your thoughts about it and its connection to Shakespeare’s 14 liner opus.
This is/was a brilliant commentary
Thanks Tony!
Can you define some of the words like Rude, perjured, savage? I suspect meanings shifted over time.
What does “lust in action” mean? Does it mean lustful action?
The sonnet of Antinatalism.
how's that?
@@RewiretheWest "...none knows well to shun the heaven (sex) that leads (birth) men (humanity) to this hell (life)."
@@selimgure not quite - the sonnet isn't against sex at all, it's only against lust. Men don't know well how to shun the heaven (fleeting but intense physical pleasure) that leads them to hell (the destruction of their soul by sinful lust)
@@RewiretheWest Neither is antinatalism. Considering the state of birth control, or the lack thereof, in the era, it would seem reasonable to shun the heaven altogether to avoid leading new people to hell. Catharism seems to have followed exactly that line of thinking. After all, "life is a tale told by an idiot, ... signifying nothing."