FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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1 play, 38 sonnets and 154 epic narrative poems
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54 plays, 5 sonnets, and 38 epic narrative plays
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4 plays, 38 sonnets, and 5 epic narrative poem
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38 plays, 154 sonnets, and 2 epic narrative poems
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Detailed explanation-1: -He is usually credited with 37 plays, 154 sonnets and 2 epic narrative poems. Despite his renown, many aspects of his life still remain a mystery to scholars. Born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, Shakespeare attended a grammar school, gaining an education in Latin and the classics.
Detailed explanation-2: -His extant works, including collaborations, consist of approximately 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.
Detailed explanation-3: -Nothing has been found documenting the composition of the more than 36 plays and 154 sonnets attributed to the Bard. Most scholars accept that William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, and spent time acting in London before returning to Stratford, where he lived until his death in 1616.
Detailed explanation-4: -Shakespeare published a quarto of 154 sonnets in 1609. He wrote the poems throughout his career. A sonnet is a form of verse with these main characteristics: One stanza of 14 lines.
Detailed explanation-5: -William Shakespeare’s poems and sonnets. Shakespeare’s earliest poems, Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece, were probably composed when the theatres were closed because of the plague.