LIT 231 - Introduction to Shakespeare: Poetry Inspired by Shakespeare

"What's in a name?  That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet."--Romeo and Juliet

"What a piece of work is man."--Hamlet

"In the twinkling of an eye"--The Merchant Of Venice

"in a pickle"--The Tempest

"That is the long and the short of it."--The Merry Wives of Windsor

"I will wear my heart upon my sleeve"--Othello

"He hath eaten me out of house and home"--Henry IV

"What's done is done."--Macbeth

"too much of a good thing"--As You Like It

"To thine own self be true."--Hamlet

"Mum's the word"--Henry VI, Part 2

Many famous literary figures have written poems about Shakespeare over the centuries.

Some of the poetry below can be found on the Library's literature databases.

--amazement     --castigate     --dwindle     --hurry     --lonely     --seamy

 --bedroom     --countless     --exposure     --impartial

--majestic     --sneak     --bump     --courstship     --generous     --lapse

 --premeditated     --submerge     --critical     --gloomy     --laughable     --radiance

--useless