The subject of the piece (Stephen Booth) has written "400 pages of virtuosic commentary exploring the ambiguity and polysemy of Shakespeare’s verse." Does anyone know if he addresses Step Zero of appreciating the sonnets, which is to use Original Pronunciation (OP)? [1] Many of the sonnets don't even rhyme properly when pronounced in modern British or American English, but they do in OP. [2]
[1]: http://www.pronouncingshakespeare.com/
[2]: See, for example, the recitation of Sonnet 116 at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bt7OynPUIY8.