I bet far more people can quote Burns than can quote Shakespere. One is a playwright the other is a poet .
Many people who proclaim Shakespere as the greatest bard ever have never seen his plays and many that have think he is dated and boring . I personally don't .
I admire both of them for many and diverse reasons.
Shakespeare is a bit rubbish, but people pretend otherwise to make themselves look clever. Burns was a hack. Don't even get me started on blinking Joyce. Meaningless rubbish. Thomas was of course, like a lot of us Welsh, a lyrical genius capable of endless invention and beauty.
Fair do's though, take them all over that Frenchie git Satre. Makes me nauseous, the miserable so and so.
Edit: Dislike the onion selling fraud so much, can't even be arsed to spell his name right.
I mean, if we have to take sides, I'm on the side of Burns. Burns' work never infiltrated my English & drama lessons at school, nearly boring me to death, unlike Shakespeare's work.
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And both are better than the Welsh so-called 'national poet' Dylan Thomas.
To be fair though, he's not had a few hundred years to cement his reputation........
Goodness, I hope his legacy/renown won't last anywhere near that long.
Is it?
Much more.....you said "much".
Many people who proclaim Shakespere as the greatest bard ever have never seen his plays and many that have think he is dated and boring . I personally don't .
I admire both of them for many and diverse reasons.
Oi I like Dylan Thomas.
I shall not blaspheme down stations of the breath...
Fair do's though, take them all over that Frenchie git Satre. Makes me nauseous, the miserable so and so.
Edit: Dislike the onion selling fraud so much, can't even be arsed to spell his name right.
Who, Shakespeare?
I blame his sister.
No need for the comparison
I think you will find whether or not he smoked is more important to the OP.
Good moaning.
Well I don't care.When the chips are down, you've gotta call it like it is. This is the age of reason. Do one, Sarte. >:(
The biggest or the well biggest? ;-)