What are the words that were used during Shakespeare's time that are seldom used nowadays?












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I would like to write a Shakespearean poem that reads and sounds like a poem written during that time period. However, I don't know where I can find an exhaustive list of words that were used during that time with the corresponding words used today. Could someone help me out? I don't want to use some Shakespearean words and end up leaving some, because I am not aware of them. I want to go 100% Shakespearean.






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    Maybe start with reading Shakespeare's sonnets.

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  • The issue is that I won't necessarily have an exhaustive list of words used during that time. Words like thou, art, thee comes to mind, but I am pretty sure there are at least 100.

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I would like to write a Shakespearean poem that reads and sounds like a poem written during that time period. However, I don't know where I can find an exhaustive list of words that were used during that time with the corresponding words used today. Could someone help me out? I don't want to use some Shakespearean words and end up leaving some, because I am not aware of them. I want to go 100% Shakespearean.






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  • 3





    Maybe start with reading Shakespeare's sonnets.

    – NofP
    3 hours ago











  • The issue is that I won't necessarily have an exhaustive list of words used during that time. Words like thou, art, thee comes to mind, but I am pretty sure there are at least 100.

    – repomonster
    2 hours ago














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I would like to write a Shakespearean poem that reads and sounds like a poem written during that time period. However, I don't know where I can find an exhaustive list of words that were used during that time with the corresponding words used today. Could someone help me out? I don't want to use some Shakespearean words and end up leaving some, because I am not aware of them. I want to go 100% Shakespearean.






style poetry vocabulary







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I would like to write a Shakespearean poem that reads and sounds like a poem written during that time period. However, I don't know where I can find an exhaustive list of words that were used during that time with the corresponding words used today. Could someone help me out? I don't want to use some Shakespearean words and end up leaving some, because I am not aware of them. I want to go 100% Shakespearean.






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    Maybe start with reading Shakespeare's sonnets.

    – NofP
    3 hours ago











  • The issue is that I won't necessarily have an exhaustive list of words used during that time. Words like thou, art, thee comes to mind, but I am pretty sure there are at least 100.

    – repomonster
    2 hours ago














  • 3





    Maybe start with reading Shakespeare's sonnets.

    – NofP
    3 hours ago











  • The issue is that I won't necessarily have an exhaustive list of words used during that time. Words like thou, art, thee comes to mind, but I am pretty sure there are at least 100.

    – repomonster
    2 hours ago








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Maybe start with reading Shakespeare's sonnets.

– NofP
3 hours ago





Maybe start with reading Shakespeare's sonnets.

– NofP
3 hours ago













The issue is that I won't necessarily have an exhaustive list of words used during that time. Words like thou, art, thee comes to mind, but I am pretty sure there are at least 100.

– repomonster
2 hours ago





The issue is that I won't necessarily have an exhaustive list of words used during that time. Words like thou, art, thee comes to mind, but I am pretty sure there are at least 100.

– repomonster
2 hours ago










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Here are Shakespeare's sonnets in a text file from Guttenberg.org



http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1041/1041.txt



Open the file in a text editor and strip away the metadata and footnotes.



These are the literal words that he used when writing poetry.






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    +1 You beat my laziness :)

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A concordance lists every word used in a work (or across a series of works) alphabetically, so the link Concordance of Shakespeare's complete works from OpenSourceShakespeare will be helpful. Clicking on a word will show you which works it was used in, and clicking on the title of the work will show you the exact quotes.



OpenSourceShakespeare also has the full text of Shakespeare's works if you want to just read.






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    Here are Shakespeare's sonnets in a text file from Guttenberg.org



    http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1041/1041.txt



    Open the file in a text editor and strip away the metadata and footnotes.



    These are the literal words that he used when writing poetry.






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      +1 You beat my laziness :)

      – NofP
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    Here are Shakespeare's sonnets in a text file from Guttenberg.org



    http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1041/1041.txt



    Open the file in a text editor and strip away the metadata and footnotes.



    These are the literal words that he used when writing poetry.






    share|improve this answer



















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      +1 You beat my laziness :)

      – NofP
      2 hours ago
















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    Here are Shakespeare's sonnets in a text file from Guttenberg.org



    http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1041/1041.txt



    Open the file in a text editor and strip away the metadata and footnotes.



    These are the literal words that he used when writing poetry.






    share|improve this answer













    Here are Shakespeare's sonnets in a text file from Guttenberg.org



    http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1041/1041.txt



    Open the file in a text editor and strip away the metadata and footnotes.



    These are the literal words that he used when writing poetry.







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      +1 You beat my laziness :)

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      +1 You beat my laziness :)

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    +1 You beat my laziness :)

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    +1 You beat my laziness :)

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    A concordance lists every word used in a work (or across a series of works) alphabetically, so the link Concordance of Shakespeare's complete works from OpenSourceShakespeare will be helpful. Clicking on a word will show you which works it was used in, and clicking on the title of the work will show you the exact quotes.



    OpenSourceShakespeare also has the full text of Shakespeare's works if you want to just read.






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      A concordance lists every word used in a work (or across a series of works) alphabetically, so the link Concordance of Shakespeare's complete works from OpenSourceShakespeare will be helpful. Clicking on a word will show you which works it was used in, and clicking on the title of the work will show you the exact quotes.



      OpenSourceShakespeare also has the full text of Shakespeare's works if you want to just read.






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        A concordance lists every word used in a work (or across a series of works) alphabetically, so the link Concordance of Shakespeare's complete works from OpenSourceShakespeare will be helpful. Clicking on a word will show you which works it was used in, and clicking on the title of the work will show you the exact quotes.



        OpenSourceShakespeare also has the full text of Shakespeare's works if you want to just read.






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        A concordance lists every word used in a work (or across a series of works) alphabetically, so the link Concordance of Shakespeare's complete works from OpenSourceShakespeare will be helpful. Clicking on a word will show you which works it was used in, and clicking on the title of the work will show you the exact quotes.



        OpenSourceShakespeare also has the full text of Shakespeare's works if you want to just read.







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