Shakespeare wast a quite a sir,
One shrouded in mystery.
Quietly that gent cameth,
And just as quietly wenteth.
T all started in 1564
Born the third issue of eight
(I totally agree that children are issues)
Joan and Margaret cameth and hath passed ere that gent in quick succession
Gilbert hath stayed a little longer
(More like 40 some years longer)
Joan the second, hung around until 77
(Quite an impressive age for 1500. What's up with two girls named Joan? People back then.)
Anne hath lived up to 7
Richard to 39
Edmund got his share of the years at 27
The father was John Shakespeare
The mother Mary Arden
At 18 years,
Shakespeare (William of course) dabbled in marriage,
Settling for a 26 year old pregnant woman
(What a wonderful choice)
He had 3 children,
2 of whom managed to survive and see the perilous world called adulthood
Little is known about William's education,
(Literally nothing is known about Shakespeare)
For all we know,
The person so vigorously studied in our modern Universities
May have never gone to one himself.
Immensely popular in his time
He composed 37 plays and 154 sonnets
Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, the Merchant of Venice
Just to name a few
He was a great man,
One who we will remember as the dread of our high school years
Never mind Shakespeare.
You are still the great playwright
And the man who controls the wildest of our dreams.
I did a little research about Shakespeare's background a little as well for my blog post, it's great to learn more about him! Loved how you used "that kind of" language and the parenthesis are very unique!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed how you wrote the article in poem form. Additionally, the fact that you summarized his life and education. Also: the dreaded high school years line was one of my favorite lines from this poem.
ReplyDeleteI never knew that Shakespeare was clouded with mystery. I thought he would be very open and famous.
ReplyDeleteLoved the format of this post! I never knew much about Shakespeare's upbringing and this was really informative.
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