/lit/ - Literature

>>20613663
To click, or not to click

>>18873317
much ado is great you dolt

>Thou sodden-witted lord! thou hast no more brain than I have in mine elbows.

>be me
>a humble school master
>one of the few literate people on the planet
>want to bring the stories of history and heroism I've been privileged enough to study to the masses
>work 12 hour days writing, directing, acting, set building, lobbying patrons etc. on the tiniest of budgets to synthesis what I've learned into a art that everyone can comprehend and adore
>finally make it big and have the English public connect with their heritage for the first time ever
>popularity explodes
>rightly praised as a phenomenal poet and story teller
>plays rip through the rest of Europe and become popular even amongst my countries oldest rivals
>literally the single biggest contributor to the English language
>fondly remembered for hundreds of years as one of the greatest of all time and easily one of the greatest from my home country

>21st century rolls around
>HAHAHAHA OMG WE STILL TAKE THIS OLD DEAD WHITE GUY SERIOUSLY?! HAHAHA ALL SHAKESPEARE MAKES IS FART JOKES AND IS A DIRTY WRITER YOU IDIOTS HE ISN'T FANCY OR IMPORTANT HAHAHA DUDE COULDN'T EVEN READ LATIN HAHAHA HE'S ONLY POPULAR BECAUSE THE """"""CANON""""" IS WHITE SUPREMACY, HE PROBABLY DIDN'T EVEN WRITE THOSE PLAYS IT MUST HAVE BEEN BACON OR DE VERE OR MARLOWE OR CAMPION SIDNEY OR SPENSER OR WEBSTER OR BASSANO OR
>mfw

>not a native English speaker however articulate in everyday speech
>take pride in my English skills
>try to read poetry
>can't understand much
How do you get better at comprehending poetry, /lit/? I'd love to read Shakespeare and Dante.

which Shakespeare plays are the best to read for depressed robots in their early 20s?

How does one into good dialogue that sounds vaguely like Old English?