Shakespeare's Sonnet 130 ft. Emma Paetz

23/11/2025 29 min

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Episode Synopsis

I'm joined for the second time by the brilliant actor and writer, Emma Paetz. You might have seen her in the likes of DC's "Pennyworth" & BBCs "The Famous Five". We had a great time unpacking this classic. Sonnet 130My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;Coral is far more red than her lips' red;If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.I have seen roses damasked, red and white,But no such roses see I in her cheeks;And in some perfumes is there more delightThan in the breath that from my mistress reeks.I love to hear her speak, yet well I knowThat music hath a far more pleasing sound;I grant I never saw a goddess go;My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground.   And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare   As any she belied with false compare.