--- --- # All Your Favorite Pop Songs, Rewritten as Brilliant Shakespearean Sonnets by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Aug 29, 2014 4:15 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Aug 29, 2014 4:15 PM UTC In the perfect blend of high-brow and low-brow, a delightful [new Tumblr ](http://popsonnet.tumblr.com/)is taking Top 40 hits and rewriting them as sonnets. Everything is fair game, from current chart-toppers (like “Problem” by Ariana Grande and “Rude” by Magic!) to old favorites (like “Livin’ on a Prayer” by Bon Jovi and “Stayin’ Alive” by the Bee Gees). Ever wonder what Taylor Swift and Beyoncé would sound like in iambic pentameter? We hadn’t either, but now we can’t get enough. Here are some of our favorites:      Read more of these brilliant sonnets [on Tumblr](http://popsonnet.tumblr.com/). Pop Sonnets Turns Taylor Swift, Beyonce Songs Into Shakespeare Sonnets ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3221987/pop-songs-as-shakespearean-sonnets-tumblr/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3221987/pop-songs-as-shakespearean-sonnets-tumblr/"},"headline":"All Your Favorite Pop Songs, Rewritten as Brilliant Shakespearean Sonnets","datePublished":"2014-08-29T16:15:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:48:28.747Z","description":"Thanks to a new Tumblr called Pop Sonnets","url":"https://time.com/3221987/pop-songs-as-shakespearean-sonnets-tumblr/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Internet","Tumblr","Poetry","Shakespeare","pop music"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3221987/pop-songs-as-shakespearean-sonnets-tumblr/","name":"All Your Favorite Pop Songs, Rewritten as Brilliant Shakespearean Sonnets"}}]}] ```