ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -It is true that he wrote a number of poems-the sonnets, “Venus and Adonis, ” and “The Rape of Lucrece” are the most famous-but generally when people think of Shakespeare, they are thinking of his plays.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -William Shakespeare was a renowned English poet, playwright, and actor born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon. His birthday is most commonly celebrated on 23 April (see When was Shakespeare born), which is also believed to be the date he died in 1616.

Detailed explanation-4: -His 17 comedies include The Merchant of Venice and Much Ado About Nothing. Among his 10 history plays are Henry V and Richard III. The most famous among his tragedies are Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth. Shakespeare also wrote 4 poems, and a famous collection of Sonnets which was first published in 1609.

Detailed explanation-5: -Shakespeare seems to have wanted to be a poet as much as he sought to succeed in the theatre. His plays are wonderfully and poetically written, often in blank verse. And when he experienced a pause in his theatrical career about 1592–94, the plague having closed down much theatrical activity, he wrote poems.