William Shakespeare's Sonnets 98 & 99

Exploring absence and nature in Shakespeare's sonnets 98 & 99, the podcast delves into the emotions stirred by the absence of the beloved in Shakespeare's sonnet cycle. It discusses disappointment in nature's beauty without the beloved's presence and the poet's attempt to find comfort in nature while longing for their beloved. Analysis of sonnet 99 focuses on nature portrayed as a thief of beauty, with the speaker lamenting the absence of true beauty and contrasting the beloved and natural beauties.