Websites
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This internet archive features the complete texts of all of Shakespeare’s sonnets.
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Pretty self-explanatory.
Video
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Somebody apparently put the sonnet to music. And made a video for it. The waves-breaking-on-the-shore imagery kind of seems to miss the point of the whole "anchored in the bay where all men ride" idea—but maybe that’s just us.
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Here's a video with photos of an original manuscript of Shakespeare's Sonnets.
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Here's a cool take on the typical reading video.
Audio
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Here's a competent reading, in an appropriate accent no less.
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Great voice, but for some strange reason he changes "ride" to "die" in line 6.
Images
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This image of the "blind fool, Love" comes from Sandro Botticelli’s painting La Primavera.
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This Renaissance illustration shows that Cupid’s arrow could strike women as well as men.
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Check out the "Sanders Portrait," which some people believe may be a portrait of Shakespeare painted during his lifetime.
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British police sketch-artist lady uses computer to create image of what Shakespeare might have looked like as a teenager. Cool.
Historical Documents
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Scroll down to get an image of the first edition of the Sonnets, along with a discussion of its mysterious dedication.
Books
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This accessible poem-by-poem commentary by one of America’s leading poetry critics is essential reading on Shakespeare’s Sonnets. Highly recommended by Shmoop.
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The world-famous author of A Clockwork Orange takes on the mystery of Shakespeare’s love-life. A fictional imagining of the life behind the sonnets.
Movies & TV
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This documentary follows a group of New York acting students as they explore 15 of Shakespeare’s Sonnets.
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This documentary film tells the story of a newly discovered portrait thought to be the only portrait of Shakespeare painted from life.