Section VI: Shakespeare's Language 1. Everybody knows these Phrases 2. Shakespeare's Vocabulary 3. Word Games 4. Does Shakespeare Write in Old English? 5. Shakespeare as Poet Section VI: Shakespeare's Languag e Shakespeare is both a dramatist and a poet: he writes plays in poetry. His stories and his wonderful characters are known universally. He combines a playwright's sweep and flair and love of action with a poet's keen eye and sensitivity - the perspective of a dramatist with the dose-up vision of a poet. Shakespeare is frequently quoted, because his words and ideas stick in our minds. The English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) defined poetry as "the best words in the best order", and that is why we remember Shakespeare's words. His art lets him choose, craft and coin the finest words and images. Everybody knows these
