Overview

‘One of the very best collections of pop songs written in the style of William Shakespeare that I’ve read so far this year!’ ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic ‘Ever wonder what Taylor Swift and Beyoncé would sound like in iambic pentameter? We hadn’t either, but now we can’t get enough’ TIME ‘Amazing’ Buzzfeed 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 Beyoncé, 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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'Ever wonder what Taylor Swift and Beyonce would sound like in iambic pentameter? We hadn't either, but now we can't get enough' TIME 'From the Backstreet Boys' 'I Want It That Way' to Miley Cyrus's 'Party in the USA,' finally poetry nerds who love pop music have a home' Spin 'Move over, Romeo, the Backstreet Boys are Juliet's main squeezes now' Vanity Fair 'Amazing' Buzzfeed

'One of the very best collections of pop songs written in the style of William Shakespeare that I've read so far this year!' Weird Al Yankovic 'Ever wonder what Taylor Swift and Beyonce would sound like in iambic pentameter? We hadn't either, but now we can't get enough' TIME 'From the Backstreet Boys' I Want It That Way to Miley Cyrus' Party in the USA, finally poetry nerds who love pop music have a home' Spin 'Move over, Romeo, the Backstreet Boys are Juliet's main squeezes now' Vanity Fair 'Hilarious and brilliant' Flavorwire

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

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