I'm aware of his sonnets and poetry. He is now most commonly associated with theatre . I doubt many people have read his other writings
To be fair they do tend to stick the Sonnets at the end of the Completed Works.......so there's no excuse for not reading them once you get to the end of the plays
i love the Shakespeare sonnets... i have some recited to music on my iPod
Until I went to university I thought the sonnets were just a few lyrics that Shakespeare penned to make some quick cash. Having read them, I realised that they were actually works of the very highest achievement and the equal of any poetry ever written.
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.
As a Scotsman I take pride in the fact I cannot quote anything by Rancid Burns however I do know my Shakespeare stuff. Christ I never knew Auld langs sine was his.😳
Burns was a dirty wee sheep shagger and adulterer, he died young I read from a nasty STD I bet. 😝
Have to disagree . I think they both deserve their place as revered bards. Sadly we are losing that dimension of arts and culture and anything that preserves it is good .
Have to disagree . I think they both deserve their place as revered bards. Sadly we are losing that dimension of arts and culture and anything that preserves it is good .
Don't get me wrong they deserved their place in history and both have quality material but sometimes they are treated like the be all and end all.
'Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone
Stop the dog barking with a nice juicy bone
Find a WH Smith in the North, South, East and West,
For your working week and Sunday rest,
My pen, my pencil, my writing pad, my song,
Oh and some tippex for when I am wrong'
Ivor Cutler is our most recent Scottish bard. Wonderful stuff.
Hehe he had a cheek though wasnt he a member of the noise abatement society..!? whilst playing the harmonium too hehe! I do like his childrens books though
As for Burns..or Shakespeare..I don't like it, just not my cup of tea..I like Oscar Wilde though, although not the same genre I suppose!
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Well duh Auld Lang Syne is in a bit of a unique category!. How many other Burns quotations is your average person on the street likely to know?.
To be fair they do tend to stick the Sonnets at the end of the Completed Works.......so there's no excuse for not reading them once you get to the end of the plays
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzWpGxLkWNM
Why the aggressive tone? I was just pointing out that Burns is quoted by millions every year. Not sure why you are getting annoyed about this.
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Until I went to university I thought the sonnets were just a few lyrics that Shakespeare penned to make some quick cash. Having read them, I realised that they were actually works of the very highest achievement and the equal of any poetry ever written.
Yep.
Heaney too.
The best laid plans of mice and men oft gang agley.
Not aggressive. Not annoyed. Not particularly bothered at all in fact.
As a Scotsman I take pride in the fact I cannot quote anything by Rancid Burns however I do know my Shakespeare stuff. Christ I never knew Auld langs sine was his.😳
Burns was a dirty wee sheep shagger and adulterer, he died young I read from a nasty STD I bet. 😝
And how many Shakespeare quotations are people likely to know? I certainly don't know any, and I've read more of his stuff than Rabbie's
Both are overrated.
Have to disagree .
Don't get me wrong they deserved their place in history and both have quality material but sometimes they are treated like the be all and end all.
Which, ironically, is a Shakespeare-ism.
But, you know, what's in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet
'here comes the train, over the border
carrying the mail and the postal order....
........and stationery, pens and school books at low, low prices, starting from 99p.......get it now before it goes!'
'Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone
Stop the dog barking with a nice juicy bone
Find a WH Smith in the North, South, East and West,
For your working week and Sunday rest,
My pen, my pencil, my writing pad, my song,
Oh and some tippex for when I am wrong'
Hehe he had a cheek though wasnt he a member of the noise abatement society..!? whilst playing the harmonium too hehe! I do like his childrens books though
As for Burns..or Shakespeare..I don't like it, just not my cup of tea..I like Oscar Wilde though, although not the same genre I suppose!