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  2. Shakespeare's writing style - Wikipedia

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    William Shakespeare's first plays were written in the conventional style of the day. He wrote them in a stylised language that does not always spring naturally from the needs of the characters or the drama. [1] The poetry depends on extended, elaborate metaphors and conceits, and the language is often rhetorical —written for actors to declaim ...

  3. William Shakespeare - Wikipedia

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    epitaph) Signature. William Shakespeare (c. 23 [ a ] April 1564 – 23 April 1616) [ b ] was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. [ 4 ][ 5 ][ 6 ] He is often called England's national poet and the " Bard of Avon " (or simply "the Bard").

  4. Life of William Shakespeare - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 21 September 2024. The Chandos portrait, believed to be Shakespeare, held in the National Portrait Gallery, London William Shakespeare was an actor, playwright, poet, and theatre entrepreneur in London during the late Elizabethan and early Jacobean eras. He was baptised on 26 April 1564 [a] in Stratford ...

  5. Prose - Wikipedia

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    Prose is the ordinary conversational form of language. It follows the natural flow of speech, using ordinary vocabulary and grammatical structures, as opposed to elaborate rhetorical ornamentation or structure. Prose differs most notably from poetry, which follows a poetic structure. Poetic structures vary dramatically by language, but they ...

  6. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/Biography

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    Peter Lorre (June 26, 1904 – March 23, 1964) was a Hungarian and American actor. This is an example of a person who established a career in Europe as a Hungarian, then emigrated to the United States and was naturalized and continued his career, and is thus known as both a Hungarian actor and as an American actor.

  7. Verse drama and dramatic verse - Wikipedia

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    Dramatic verse occurs in a dramatic work, such as a play, composed in poetic form.The tradition of dramatic verse extends at least as far back as ancient Greece.. The English Renaissance saw the height of dramatic verse in the English-speaking world, with playwrights including Ben Jonson, Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare developing new techniques, both for dramatic structure and ...

  8. Free verse - Wikipedia

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    Free verse is an open form of poetry which does not use a prescribed or regular meter or rhyme [1] and tends to follow the rhythm of natural or irregular speech. Free verse encompasses a large range of poetic form, and the distinction between free verse and other forms (such as prose) is often ambiguous. [2][3]

  9. Template:Biography - Wikipedia

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    Template. : Biography. Subject's complete name (birthdate – death) can be a lead-in to the subject's popular name. Describe the subject's nationality and profession (s) in which the subject is most notable. Provide a description of the subject's major contributions in the immediately relevant field (s) of notable expertise.