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3 days ago · William Shakespeare ( c. 23 [a] April 1564 – 23 April 1616) [b] was an English playwright, poet, and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. [4] [5] [6] He is often called England's national poet and the " Bard of Avon " (or simply "the Bard").
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Life. Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564....
- Anne Hathaway
Anne Shakespeare (née Hathaway; 1556 – 6 August 1623) was...
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Theatre portal; This article is part of WikiProject Theatre,...
- Judith Quiney
Judith Quiney (baptised 2 February 1585 – 9 February 1662),...
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The Chandos portrait, believed to be Shakespeare, held in...
- Religious Views of William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare (National Portrait Gallery), in the...
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Context. Shakespeare's sonnets are considered a continuation...
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World Shakespeare Bibliography Online; Producer: Johns...
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From farthest left to right: The Cobbe portrait (1610), The...
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2 days ago · The most famous include Sonnet 18, with opening lines “Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?”, and Sonnet 130, which begins “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun.” Read more below: Shakespeare’s plays and poems: The poems
3 days ago · “Sonnet 9” by William Shakespeare, first published in 1609 in the collection known as the Shakespeare’s Sonnets, is part of the Fair Youth sequence, and characterized by its persuasive tone and economic metaphors.
2 days ago · Among the most common forms of poetry, popular from the Late Middle Ages on, is the sonnet, which by the 13th century had become standardized as fourteen lines following a set rhyme scheme and logical structure.
5 days ago · The easiest way to learn how to write a Sonnet is to start with a Sonnetina and stick with it, writing enough of them till it becomes natural to you. The Sonnetina, which is sometimes referred to as a miniature Sonnet, has a rhyming sequence similar to a full Sonnet which consists of fourteen lines.
1 day ago · Samuel Taylor Coleridge ( / ˈkoʊlərɪdʒ / KOH-lə-rij; [1] 21 October 1772 – 25 July 1834) was an English poet, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian who was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets with his friend William Wordsworth.
2 days ago · What is the central idea of the sonnet? The speaker wants his muse to help him immortalize his love. Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like What is the rhyme scheme of the second quatrain?, Which statements describe the last two lines of a Shakespearean sonnet?
