Man Accidentally Finds Rare Manuscript of Shakespeare’s Sonnet Hidden in a Poetry Collection of a Library Literary history ...
A forgotten copy of Shakespeare’s famous Sonnet 116 was found tucked away in a 17th-century manuscript in the Oxford Library.
The recently discovered copy of Sonnet 116 "reads as a political love song" during England's Civil Wars, according to the professor who found it.
Researchers said the added lines "potentially transform" the sonnet from "a meditation on romantic love into a powerful political statement." ...