DOZENS of secondary school pupils enjoyed a visit last week from a rap artist who sets Shakespeare’s love sonnets to hip hop music.

Devon Glover, known as the Sonnet Man, led a three-day workshop for Year 7 students at The Highcrest Academy in High Wycombe last week, inspiring students to perform their own poems.

Devon provides a ‘hip hop Shakespeare fusion’ sessions for schools and organisations across the country.

In all, 179 Highcrest pupils attended the innovative sessions, which are part of a project in partnership with the Story Museum in Oxford.

Elisabeth Byard-Jones, from the Hatters Lane school’s English department, said: “It’s a revelation to us. Students were definitely inspired by this approach to poetry.

“They were all engaged and enthusiastic to produce their own sonnets.”

To see videos of students performing, or to find out more, go to the school’s website - www.highcrestacademy.org.uk