SONNET XCIII
Sonnet 93 follows the Rhyme Scheme of: A, B, A, B, C, D, E, D, E, F, E, F, G, G.
SONNET XCIII
Sonnet 93 follows the Rhyme Scheme of: A, B, A, B, C, D, E, D, E, F, E, F, G, G.
In a moment of tragic irony, Shakespeare also played a bizarre part in Lincoln’s assassination. John Wilkes Booth was the brother of Edwin Booth, a popular and celebrated actor. The assassin identified Brutus in Julius Caesar as a role model in his struggle against tyranny. A letter written before the shooting in Ford’s Theatre appealed to the play’s authority. “But alas!” wrote Booth, “Caesar must bleed for it.