NATURE OF SHAKESPEARE’S CONTRIBUTION TO VERSE DRAMA

Abstract

Shakespeare belonged to the age which was rich in poetic possibilities, exuberance, high flight of imagination and, above all, dramatics. The impassioned lyrical vitality and impetuous outbursts of diction reached empyrean heights thereby taking Elizabethan drama refreshingly poetical. It would seem that Shakespeare began as a lyric poet, and ended his creative career as a dramatic poet. A product of the Renaissance, Shakespeare had his vision finely rolling across the subtle and superb aspects of the world.