SHAKESPEARE WROTE HIS PLAYS & SONNETS ~ Over 400 years ago ! We are not always aware that there are hundreds of *expressions* we use in everyday life that stem from the quill pen of William Shakespeare ! He was a Master Wordsmith who could conjure up a *bon mot* for any situation ! One of our faves ~ to describe MPS Poetry is *The SHORT & LONG of it !* Merry Wives of Windsor ! We wanted to write an ABCDARIAN Poem (26 lines A to Z) ~ THANKS FOR SUGGESTIONS ~ It is now COMPLETE ! The VIDEO is Charlton Heston (1970) delivering Marc Anthony*s famous speech *In Honour of Caesar* ~ AWESOME !
A ll that glitters is not Gold ~ Merchant of Venice
B revity is the soul of wit ~ Hamlet
C omprisons are odorous ~ Much ado about Nothing
D ead as a doornail ~ Henry VI
E aten out of House & Home ~ Henry IV
F orever and a Day ~ As You Like It
G ive the Devil his due ~ Henry V
H eart of Gold ~ Henry V
I t was (all) Greek to me ~ Julius Caesar
J ealousy is the green-eyed Monster ~ Othello
K nock Knock who*s there ? ~ Macbeth
L ean and hungry look ~ Julius Caesar
M uch ado about Nothing ~ TITLE
N either Rhyme nor Reason ~ As You Like It
O ur own Flesh & Blood ~ Hamlet
P lay fast and loose ~ King John
Q uality of Mercy is not strained ~ Merchant of venice
R efuse to budge an inch ~ Measure for Measure
S een better days ~ As You Like it
T oo much of a good thing ~ As You Like it
V alour - The better part of is discretion ! ~ Henry IV
W ild Goose Chase ~ Romeo & Juliet
X ANTHIPPE* ~ SOCRATES scolding Wife ~ Taming of The Shrew
Y eomans Service ~ Hamlet
Z ealous is such laughter - so profound ~ Loves Labour lost
* XANTHIPPE is now a word used fr scolding !
hanks for visit comments welcome Love ANGELA & BRIAN
Shakespeare can be daunting for Teenagers and JULIUS CAESAR was one of my (BRIAN) SET BOOKS for English Literature along with Keats & David Copperfield (Dickens) a Perfect Trio ! Because I was a GOALKEEPER the Teacher (Mr Jones) thought I should be Marc Anthony ! WE had seen the film so I had some idea how it should go ! I was very fond of poetry and realised it was all in BLANK VERSE (iambic pentameter) consequently it was as easy to learn and recite as a Poem ! I can still recite it today (as a Party Piece) 20 years later ! Thats the beauty of Shakespeare its *ALL POETRY* Blessing & Love to all ANGELA - BRIAN - SMOKEY ~ 💛💛💛💛💛💛💛
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You got one for 'S'?!
I will get out me Book of Quotations, but it's not arranged alphabetically. Well the authors are, but the quotations!
And you found them other 8 verses to Psalm 119 yet? You said 168, and there are 176. lol.
BRIAN HERE ~ Thanks Uncle Steve ~ have added S it had slipped out when I typed from MS wirtten with a QUILL PEN in the WS Museum @ Strattford !
Yes I missed out *PE^ because that was the one You had commentated on ! The 168 was a *Sin of Omission* Angela (in her fave role as a Nun for Masquerade Parties) made me do 10 Hail Maries & 2 Our Fathers ! I guess you would have made me take FIDOCUR for walkies !
Blessings & Joy to YOU & Restless Rover !
Spirit LOVE ~ Brian & Angela & Smokey ! ! !
Thanks B&A. lol. Ooh, now don't tell me more about nuns masquerading at parties - could bring on a swoon!
You have worked so hard to write the almost- ABCDarian dear duo - - some of those mantras I remember from years back when I was in theatre.... well done and thanks for a hearing of Heston great speech.
BRIAN HERE ~ Thanks FAY pleased you enjoyed and the MANTRAS and they brought back memories of *Your days Treading the Boards* That is probably one reason for the quality of your English in your poems which we all so enjoy ! I studied Julius Caesar in the late 1990s so we able to watch the Film & Hestons portayal of Marc Anthony made a big impression. We love Shakespeare on the Stage and will be glad when the Covid Ban is lifted. It is well suited to the Al-fresco Theatre in Cornwall !
Blessings & Peace & Joy
Love A & B & Smokey Cat ! ! !
I thought the 'Knock, knock' joke was a modern saying. Macbeth?! Eeek! But we're not superstitious.
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