His family
William Shakespeare was born on the 23rd of April 1564, in Stratford-Upon-Avon, England. His parents were John and Mary Arden Shakespeare. He was the fourth of eight children(four sisters and three) which only five of them survived until the adulthood. His family was part of middle class. His father's job was to make gloves, belts, purses and arpons.
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His works
William Shakespeare wrote , in total 36 plays and 154 sonnets. The most famous plays of Will are; Hamlet(1603), Macbeth(1623), Romeo and Juliet(1597) and Julius Caesar(1623). Will famest sonnets are ;
-126 William Shakespeare Sonnet - O thou my levely boy
- 130 William Shakespeare Sonnet - My Mistress' eyes
- 029 William Shakespeare Sonnet - When in disgrace with fortune
- 166 William Shakespeare Sonnet - Let me not to the marriage of true minds
- 18 William Shakespeare Sonnet - Shall I compare thee to a Summer's day?
To read more about his Sonnets, click on the link below.
-126 William Shakespeare Sonnet - O thou my levely boy
- 130 William Shakespeare Sonnet - My Mistress' eyes
- 029 William Shakespeare Sonnet - When in disgrace with fortune
- 166 William Shakespeare Sonnet - Let me not to the marriage of true minds
- 18 William Shakespeare Sonnet - Shall I compare thee to a Summer's day?
To read more about his Sonnets, click on the link below.
What is the structure of a Sonnets?
The sonnets are almost all constructed from three quatrains witch are four-lines stranzas,and a final couplet composed in Iambic pentameter. This is also the meter used extensively in Shakespeare's plays.
The sonnets are almost all constructed from three quatrains witch are four-lines stranzas,and a final couplet composed in Iambic pentameter. This is also the meter used extensively in Shakespeare's plays.