Learning in Retirement Series: Dr. Michael Bonin Shakespeare's Sonnets: Literature's Greatest Enigma

Join us for these free lecture programs to get a taste of what Learning in Retirement (LIR) has to offer! LIR offers a variety of courses both in person and online for retirees, taught by experts and former teachers who love to share their passions. Many of Shakespeare’s sonnets, such as “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day” and “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun,” are amongst the greatest and best-known poems in the English language. But they remain a tantalizing enigma to scholars. How did they come to be published? To whom were these love poems written? What, if anything, do th…