The text of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 1 can be faithfully performed by percussion instruments when translated into Morse code. This percussion ensemble piece includes the original English version, with individual lines beginning to overlap due to the simultaneous playing of multiple instruments and the use of augmentation and diminution. This can be perceived as an echo of the poem or simply as an acoustic resonance that translates the poem’s complexity and its possible metaphorical interpretations into pure abstraction. In this context, rhythmic clapping concludes the piece as a form of applause.