where is he from?
Wales
Geoffrey of Monmouth
Wales
shall i compare thee to a summer's day thou art more lovely and more temperate meaning UNANSWERABLE what is this sonnet? Sonnet 18 is a typical English or Shakespearean sonnet, having 14 lines of iambic pentameter: three quatrains followed by a couplet.  The poem reflects the rhetorical tradition of an Italian or Petrarchan Sonnet. who wrote it? William Shakespeare who is he? He  was an English playwright, poet, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist. where is he from ? Stratford-upon-Avon name few dramas that he has done? "Hamlet", "Romeo and Juliet", "Othello", "King Lear", "Macbeth" what is the second about? It is about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families. is this theme borrowed from somewhere? Yes,  "Romeo and Juliet" borrows from a tradition of tragic love stories dating back to antiquity. One of these is Pyramus and Thisbe, from Ovid's "Metamorphoses" what is the fourth play about? King Lear tells the tale of a king who bequeaths his power and land to two of his three daughters, after they declare their love for him in a fawning and obsequious manner. any books associated with it? Leir of Britain, "The Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande" who wrote the first? Geoffrey of Monmouth who is he ? He was a British cleric and one of the major figures in the development of British historiography and the popularity of tales of King Arthur.
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Geoffrey of Monmouth [SEP] Biography
Geoffrey was born between about 1090 and 1100, in Wales or the Welsh Marches. He had reached the age of majority by 1129 when he is recorded as witnessing a charter. Geoffrey refers to himself in his "Historia" as "Galfridus Monemutensis" (Geoffrey of Monmouth), which indicates a significant connection to Monmouth, Wales, and may refer to his birthplace. His works attest to some acquaintance with the place-names of the region. Geoffrey was known to his contemporaries as "Galfridus Arturus" or variants thereof. The "Arthur" in these versions of his name may indicate the name of his father or a nickname based on his scholarly interests.