One of the most famous writers of the Elizabethan Era was William Shakespeare. Shakespeare was a clever businessman, devoted writer, and talented poet. In many of his poems, he made up his own words, in which he combined Latin and French words to come up with words he thought sounded better. He wrote 154 poems including his most famous, “The Rape of Lucrece” and “Venus and Adonis.” Shakespeare’s sonnets included three quatrains and a couplet, that which reflected his life and the people around him. His writing style for his poetry is mainly centered around love and romance. The closing of London theaters was a major contribution to Shakespeare writing his many plays. Although Shakespeare is most known for his plays, he is also well known for his poems. …show more content…
Shakespeare is regarded as the most influential English writers of all time. Both of his narrative poems are stories about compassion and romance. Shakespeare’s other works, his many sonnets, were based off of love, like most of his poems. His sonnets, during the Elizabethan Era, were the most popular. Some people speculate whether Shakespeare intended his sonnets to be published or not. (Poetry Foundation) Secondly, William Shakespeare’s main style of writing was love. His sonnets 1-126 told of a young boy who is not identified, sonnets 127-152 mention a mysterious lady whom the poet has a relationship with, and sonnets 153 and 154 are written about Cupid. “Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.” Shakespeare used blank verse when writing his poems and sonnets. Shakespeare was a very witty poet and used puns and imagery to make up his works. (The