Apart from many beautiful sonnets, Shakespeare wrote some longer poems such as: - ‘The Rape of Lucrece’ - Venus and Adonis - A Lover’s Complaint
William Shakespeare: - Born: April 23, 1564 Stratford-upon-Avon England. - Death: April 23, 1616 Stratford-upon-Avon England. Shakespeare may have died of typhus. - Shakespeare also spelled Shakspere, byname Bard of Avon or Swan of Avon. - He was an English poet, dramatist, and actor. - He was often called the English national poet and considered by many to be the greatest dramatist of all time. - Shakespeare wrote 37 Plays. - Shakespeare was married to Anne Hathaway.