This complete, line-by-line translation of Twelfth Night makes the language of Shakespeare's play contemporary while preserving the metrical rhythm, complexity, and poetic qualities of the original. The aim is to capture both the sound and sense of Shakespeare's romantic comedy without the need for glosses or notes--to use more comprehensible language without simplifying or modernizing the play in any other way.
Line-by-line verse translations, not prose paraphrases.
Complete. No lines deleted or simplified.
Accurate, authentic iambic pentameter....
This complete, line-by-line translation of Twelfth Night makes the language of Shakespeare's play contemporary while preserving the metrical ...