--- title: Pop Sonnets Turns Taylor Swift, Beyonce Songs Into Shakespeare Sonnets description: Thanks to a new Tumblr called Pop Sonnets canonical: https://time.com/3221987/pop-songs-as-shakespearean-sonnets-tumblr/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-29T16:15:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:48:28.747Z og:title: This Hilarious Tumblr Turns Your Favorite Pop Songs Into Shakespearean Sonnets og:description: Absolutely brilliant. og:url: https://time.com/3221987/pop-songs-as-shakespearean-sonnets-tumblr/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Hilarious Tumblr Turns Your Favorite Pop Songs Into Shakespearean Sonnets twitter:description: Absolutely brilliant. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # 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/). ```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"}}]}] ```