Famous Shakespeare found rare copy of love poetry

One of the most famous love poems written so far has been discovered after hundreds of years written with a rare hand.

Dr. Lih Veronis exposed the version of William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116 in the 17th -century poetry collection at Oxford University.

The manuscript was found in the papers of Alias ​​Ashmol, founder of the Ashmolion Museum of Oxford.

Professor Emma Smith, an Oxford expert from Shakespeare, said the “exciting discovery” would help researchers understand Bard’s popularity in decades after his death.

Dr. Veronies found the sonnet depicted in a miscalley – a type of manuscript that selects the texts of various authors on various subjects – stored in the Bodalian Library.

The university researcher said, “As I was leaf through manuscript, Kavita hit me as a odd version of Sonnet 116.”

“When I saw in the catalog (originally compiled in the 19th century), the poem was described, not incorrectly, as” love in love ” – but it does not mention Shakespeare.”

In the version of Ashmol, parts of Sonnet 116 – also known as Late Me to the Marriage of True Minds – have been replaced, and additional lines have been added.

Dr. Veronies said he felt that due to the change in the first line and the lack of mention of Shakespeare, “Why this poem has united as a copy of Sonnet 116 in all these years”.

Sonnet sits in Miscellani with “politically charged” works since the 1640s – the British Civil War, fought between royalists and MPs.

Ashmol was a strong supporter of the monarchy, and lines added to the sonnet could be read as an appeal to religious and political loyalty.

Researchers stated that “potentially” a powerful political statement “a meditation on romantic love” in a powerful political statement “potentially replaces”, the researchers said.

Professor Smith said: “I am now one of Shakespeare’s most famous Sonnets to not marry true minds, but it does not seem that it is very popular in its time.”

He said, “Dr. Veronis shows what in the investigation of this new version that Sonnet is being understood in the context of royalist politics – a long way from his role in modern weddings,” he said.