Pop Sonnets: Shakespearean Spins on Your Favourite Songs

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One of the very best collections of pop songs written in the style of William Shakespeare that Ive read so far this year! Weird Al Yankovic

Ever wonder what Taylor Swift and Beyonc would sound like in iambic pentameter We hadnt either, but now we cant get enough TIME

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Think modern pop music is missing a little poetry Prefer rhyme schemes to the club scene Wait for the volta more often than the drop

If so, Pop Sonnets is the anthology for you. From ABBA, The Beatles and Michael Jackson to Beyonc, Miley Cyrus and Taylor Swift, this witty and wonderful mash-up collection has a sonnet for every pop fan in your life.

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A must-have for literary buffs and music fans alike Paste

A terrific feat of will and intellect PopMatters

From the Backstreet Boys I Want It That Way to Miley Cyruss Party in the USA, finally poetry nerds who love pop music have a home Spin

This book is made for drinking games or could moonlight as a pub quiz helper, and a well-loved teaching resource Monsters & Critics

Author Bio

Erik Didriksen is a software engineer, musician, sonneteer, and trivia enthusiast. He resides in Astoria, New York.