why did shakespeare become a poet?

Answer 1

For the same reason every male poet does.... to woo women!

Answer 2

Shakespeare was primarily a playwright. He did write sonnets...a bit different than poetry...and a few poems...Venus and Adonis, The Rape of Lucerne and A Lovers Complaint.

n the summer of 1592, an episodic outbreak of the plague swept through London. Theatres were among the public gathering places to be shut down. William Shakespeare decided to stay in London rather than follow a theatrical company on tour.

Shakespeare needed a way to earn a wage until the theatres reopened. He also desired to be taken seriously as a writer. Playwrights of the era were considered little more than populist hacks, writing largely disposable entertainment. Shakespeare instead found a way to earn both money and acclaim through the patronage of the third Earl of Southampton, Henry Wriothesley.

Poetry was the art of nobles and gentlemen, and Shakespeare—a rustic interloper without the usual college-educated wit—lucratively introduced himself between1593 and 1594. Venus and Adonis would become Shakespeare's most widely printed work during his lifetime. The following year, Shakespeare published The Rape of Lucrece. Both were poems calculated to bolster Shakespeare's reputation and wallet.

Answer 3

Probably seemed like a good job: mostly inside out of the rain, no heavy labor, paid alright, didn't involve any of the host of embarrassing thing most Renaissance professions did...

Answer 4

Shakespeare the blacksmith just doesn't sound right!!

Answer 5

He had a penchamt for literature, writing poems and plays, so he just followed his "calling."

Answer 6

Poetry came naturally to him.

Answer 7

He created a revolution.

Answer 8

He did all for the Nookie....