Hamlet - Shakespeare theme
...Neither a borrower nor a lender be;
For loan oft loses both itself and friend,
And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
Lord Polonius to Laertes - Hamlet, Act 1 Scene 3
your magnitude of de...
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Categories:
laertes, emotions,
Form: Free verse
No - I Am Not Prince Hamlet, Nor Was Meant To Be
...Pray, my lord, says the priest. ‘Tis sweet balm for the soul,
and he, he sees yours-
Lord, I hope not- you think.
‘O! there are spirits of the air!’
a poet will write centuries after they give yo...
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Categories:
laertes, death, murder, remember,
Form: Free verse
To Be Or Not To Be Hamlet's Quote From Hamlet, Written By Shakespeare
...TO BE OR NOT TO BE HAMLET'S QUOTE FROM HAMLET, WRITTEN BY SHAKESPEARE
Hamlet spoke these words at a low ebb of life
How would he do it, perhaps with a knife?
To be or not to be was foremost in h...
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Categories:
laertes, death, history, murder,
Form: Rhyme
Hamlet
...Come see the play and be with me this night,
the players take their places scene’s just right.
House lights dim low and thunder greets our ears,
the castle pikemen brave begin our fears.
The gh...
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Categories:
laertes, conflict,
Form: Rhyme
I Am My Father's Son
...They were gambling in front of the house.
Manservants and pages bustled about
Serving Suitors who just curse and carouse.
Few mix wine with water. I heard one shout,
"Clean down the table...
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Categories:
laertes, adventure, anger, anxiety, bullying,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Just Be You
..."To thine own self be true."*
No matter what else you do....
this truth will get you by
Look others in the eye
With sureness take a stand
Your life at your command
Be true to what you say
No p...
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Categories:
laertes, character,
Form: Rhyme
Differently
...If on this planet
The secret of life had never been born
If evolution hadn't yielded humanity
If the Trojans had refused to accept
The gift of Greeks
And Brutus hadn't joined the conspiracy
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Categories:
laertes, me, planet,
Form: I do not know?