The poems of
William Shakespeare are less well known than his plays
although his
Sonnets are equally as famous
During the
Elizabethan era playwrights were not considered 'serious'
authors
But Poets were
different - they were considered refined and well educated
Most of the
poets of Shakespeare's era were well educated Courtiers such
as Sir Walter Raleigh and Christopher Marlowe. These poets
had credibility and so did their poetry
William
Shakespeare was just a commoner - he lacked credibility -
his poems would have helped to improve his image
William
Shakespeare has been attributed with the following poems:
A Lover's
Complaint
The Phoenix and
the Turtle
The Rape of
Lucrece
Venus and Adonis
The Passionate
Pilgrime (1599) was a poetry collection containing twenty
poems by various poets, only five of the poems are
attributed to William Shakespeare
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE THE POET
Shakespeare had
a patron, a man of prominence who would support the young
writer in his poetic works
His patron was
Henry Wriothesley who was the Third Earl of Southampton
(1573-1624)
Shakespeare
published his poem Venus and Adonis on April 18th 1593. The
poem was dedicated to Shakespeare's patron, the Earl of
Southampton
The dedication
refers to the author's "unpolisht lines" and contains the
typically fawning language of a commoner who hopes to gain
more favour by dedicating the poem to a courtier
The poem was an
artistic success!
The Bard did not
give permission for one of his plays or his sonnets to be
published
He was, however,
happy to have his poems published!
THE POEMS
You can read the
poems of William Shakespeare by clicking the following
links:
