works of william shakespeare

sonnets

a 14 line poem written in iambic pentameter. sonnets have the following rhyme scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

shakespere wrote this many:

2 narrative poems
154 sonnets
38 plays

iambic pentameter

a metrical foot of one stressed & unstressed syllable

shakespeare’s first edition of collected works was called

the first folio

top 3 types of plays he wrote

comedies, histories, tragedies

comedies

a midsummer nights dream
all is well that ends well
much ado about nothing

histories

henry the IV part one and two
henry the VI part one-three
richard II & richard III

tragedies

anthony and cleopatra
julius caesar
romeo and juliet
macbeth hamlet

wordsmith

shakespeare made 1700 new words and many famous phrases into the english language.

shakespeare wrote

two narrative poems when the theatres and were closed in 1593:
- the rape of lucrece and venus
- adonis

the first folio

published in 1623, 7 years after his death. contained 36 plays, 18 has never been published before. publishers included john hemminge and henry condell, separated the plays into histories, comedies, and tragedies.