To be or not to be &c
- DMI number:
- 10457
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- To be or not to be &c
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Philosophical enquiry, Poetry / literature / writing, and Theatre
- Author:
- William Shakespeare
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Hamlet Act 3 Scene 1.
- Title:
- The laws of poetry, as laid down by the Duke of Buckinghamshire in his Essay on poetry, by the Earl of Roscommon... and by the Lord Lansdowne. (1721; T86917)
- Page No(s):
- p.206
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- That famous soliloquy, which has been so much cry'd up in Hamlet [i.e. by Shakespeare]
- Attributed To:
- William Shakespeare
- Title:
- The laws of poetry, as laid down by the Duke of Buckinghamshire in his Essay on poetry, by the Earl of Roscommon... and by the Lord Lansdowne. (N10409) [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.206
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- That famous soliloquy, which has been so much cry'd up in Hamlet [i.e. by Shakespeare]
- Attributed To:
- William Shakespeare
Poem Aliases
Shakespeare. Hamlet.
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