Kissing with golden face the meadows green, I urge you to pick up a copy of the sonnets and read them all! If you have a personal favourite let us know in a comment below… Top 25 Shakespeare Sonnetsįlatter the mountain tops with sovereign eye, Many of these you will be familiar with (I’m sure at least the iconic Sonnet 18), and some you will not. I think this list should be a good starting point if you want to learn more about Shakespeare’s sonnets. Like much of Shakespeare’s work, a cursory glance may lead one to believe the words are simply light, easy 14 lines of verses, but in fact they are full of pain and longing and remain some of Shakespeare’s most personal writings. These sonnets investigate love, loss, deception, time, youth and are certainly not simple love poems. Shakespeare has 154 sonnets, so to pick a top 25 has not been easy, but here we are! My goal here is more to help actors or anyone interested in learning more about Shakespeare’s sonnets, be guided towards some of his most exceptional work. Poetry is a completely subjective and deeply personal thing, so you may entirely disagree, in fact I hope you do. These are for me the 25 most intriguing sonnets. As is often the case with these ‘best of’ lists, the audacious title is backed by little more than a one man’s love for Shakespeare. Here is a list of my favourite Shakespeare sonnets.
