Shakespeare’s Works

Shakespeare wrote at least 38 plays and over 150 short and long poems, many of which are considered to be the finest ever written in English. His works have been translated into every major living language, and some others besides, and nearly 400 years after his death, they continue to be performed around the world.When William Shakespeare died in 1616, only about half of his plays had ever been printed, in small one-play editions called quartos. Another 18 plays are known today only because they are included in the 1623 First Folio, the first collected edition of the plays.

 

Useful tips on Writing

We talk about  Creative Writing  when we write a text about a special topic. There are various topics to write about when you learn a foreign language. Let’s show some examples.

At an early stage you are able to write short texts e.g. about My hometown or My hobbies and interests. Intermediate learners are able to write texts about pros and cons, like: Which do you prefer? – holidays at home or abroad? Advanced students should write texts about more specific topics. Let’s think of Martin Luther King and his words: «I have a dream.»

Do not forget: Write simple sentences, don’t make your structures too complicated
If you follow some rules, it’s not complicated to write English texts.

  1. Read the task and think twice before you begin.
  2. Collect ideas. Make notes on a sheet of paper.
  3. Arrange your text, avoid repetitions. Think of an introduction and a conclusion.
  4. Write the draft.
  5. Read your text again and have a look at the vocabulary and the grammar. Use an English-English dictionary to check the usage of the words. Remind the word order in sentences and questions. Think of additional information you could use in your text.
  6. Write your text.
  7. Read your text again and watch for spelling mistakes.

 

Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18

SONNET 18  Analysis of Shakespeare’s sonnets

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer’s lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm’d;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance, or nature’s changing course, untrimm’d;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander’st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st;
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.