why did shakespear wright sonnet poatry?

Shakespeare wrote sonnets because they were a respected poetic form in his time period. A person who wanted to be taken seriously as a literary figure would write sonnets or other forms of poetry.

Shakespeare is primarily remembered as the world's greatest playwright, but his plays would have offered him less prestige while alive than his sonnets. Shakespeare took care with his sonnets in a way he did not with his plays. We do not...

Shakespeare wrote sonnets because they were a respected poetic form in his time period. A person who wanted to be taken seriously as a literary figure would write sonnets or other forms of poetry.

Shakespeare is primarily remembered as the world's greatest playwright, but his plays would have offered him less prestige while alive than his sonnets. Shakespeare took care with his sonnets in a way he did not with his plays. We do not know whether Shakespeare cooperated with the 1609 publication of his sonnets (he may or may not have), but we do know he never put out an authorized version of his plays.

Shakespeare spoke of love and time in his sonnets. He also created what is now called the English or Shakespearean sonnet form. His sonnets consisted of three four-line stanzas followed by a couplet (a verse of two lines). The older form of sonnet, the Petrarchan, consisted of one eight-line stanza followed by a six-line stanza.