He didn't write Petrarch's sonnets. He didn't write Edmund Spenser's sonnets. He didn't write Elizabeth Barrett Browning's sonnets, and especially not "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways."
No, Shakespeare wrote plays, sonnets and poems.
He wrote 38 plays (that we have), 154 sonnets, two long poems and sundry other verse.
This is akin to asking whether the Pope is Catholic. Shakespeare is the second-most famous writer of sonnets in the world (after Petrarch).
He wrote 38 plays, 154 sonnets, three long poems, and a couple of other poems.
One of his sonnets are 'thou my lovely boy fu'
A young man and a dark lady.
He didn't write Petrarch's sonnets. He didn't write Edmund Spenser's sonnets. He didn't write Elizabeth Barrett Browning's sonnets, and especially not "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways."
He did not write any haiku, limericks or how-to instruction books. For A+ the answer is Melodramas TAO
William Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets and approximately 38 plays.
Shakespeare was also an accomplished poet, with his works including sonnets and narrative poems.
because he wanted to show people how he felt and to let his feelings out
No, Shakespeare wrote plays, sonnets and poems.
One of his sonnets are 'thou my lovely boy fu'
William Shakespeare wrote 37 plays and 154 sonnets! Books? I'm not so sure.
He wrote 38 plays (that we have), 154 sonnets, two long poems and sundry other verse.
This is akin to asking whether the Pope is Catholic. Shakespeare is the second-most famous writer of sonnets in the world (after Petrarch).