Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Shakespeare
shake (-s, shook)shall (shalt, shal't, shant)
Shakespeare, proper n. [see shake and spear.]
William Shakespeare (1564-1616); the Poet; the Bard; Early Modern English author; creator of Renaissance plays and sonnets; greatest playwright of all time; man who wrote Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet (see ED's letters).
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