What influenced William Shakespeare to write his poems?

Answer 1

William Shakespeare absolutely loved to write poems when he was younger so he decided to go and write them for money, but he ended up writing plays too and he did rehearsals and things for them. Then it became a big thing so more and more people would come so he charged them more. Later on in his life he made the Globe Theatre and all the poor people stood up around the middle and the rich sat on balconies.

Shakespeare was inspired to write plays by many other play writers.

He changed real life into more imaginary plays.

Answer 2

What things inspired Shakespeare?
From great classical authors like Ovid and Seneca, to English historians like Holinshed, Shakespeare's greatest influences were the works of other great writers. He also found nature an inspiration (for example, no other playwright mentions birds more than Shakespeare!).

Answer 3

We are only speculating, but the typical way to get into the playwriting business was to help an established playwright and write some dialogue for a scene which that playwright had envisioned. As you got more comfortable, you were given bigger and bigger pieces to write until you were co-writing plays with the other playwright. At that point you were equipped to write plays on your own.

It is thought that Shakespeare apprenticed with George Peele, possibly on his play Edward I.

Answer 4

He wrote his narrative poems to make a bit of money when the theatres were closed for the plague. His sonnets were personal poems and not intended for publication. He dedicated them to at least two people, but we are not able to identify them or know why he dedicated them to these two people.

Answer 5

We don't know how, or when, but we can be pretty sure why Shakespeare started writing plays. An actor could make a certain amount of money, but an actor who was also a playwright could make even more, and Shakespeare had a wife and three kids to support.

Answer 6

We have so little information about Shakespeare's personal life, any answer to this question is likely to be guesswork. His first involvement with the theatre was likely as an actor. While acting his abilities as a writer were somehow noticed (perhaps he shared some sonnets with his close friends) and he was encouraged to help in the writing of plays, probably starting by writing one scene for someone else's play, which was the way Elizabethan playwrights generally got started. From writing scenes he graduated to writing his own plays, which were successful enough to attract the attention of Robert Greene in 1592. When plague closed the theatres in 1593, Shakespeare used this reputation to get the support of the Earl of Southampton and his fellow Stratfordian to publish his poem Venus and Adonis. This poem was so successful that Shakespeare was taken on as a partner in the newly-formed company The Lord Chamberlain's Men in 1594 by its leader (the man who really arranged for and paid for the building of the Globe Theatre), Richard Burbage. Without a doubt, Shakespeare's job description from the very beginning was to write plays exclusively for the new company. As usual, this was a smart business move by Burbage, but it also enabled Shakespeare to make more money than he had ever done before, by writing plays

Answer 7

like most writers shakespeare got his inspiration form things like birds and stuff.

Answer 8

William Shakespeare was inspired to write by reading the works of Geoffrey Chaucer among others. He also found inspiration in the works of Plutarch.

Answer 9

Everything that was around him