William Shakespeare is considered to be one of greatest play writes of all time. He is known as one of the world's greatest play writes because of his unique and intricate style of writing. His works were used as a form of entertainment for the rich and poor. His plays appealed to the masses and survived the hands of time, but little is known about this man who wrote so beautifully. So his life remains a mystery to us. Shakespeare made many contributions to English Literature and one of the ones that affect us every day is his contribution to the English language. He is well known for borrowing from the classical literature and foreign languages. He created these words by, "changing nouns into verbs, changing verbs into adjectives, connecting words never before used together, adding prefixes and suffixes, and devising words wholly originally. It is said that Shakespeare actually frequently made up his own words, which still live on in the English language today. Scholars point out that Shakespeare is responsible for coining about 1,700 of the English words found in our 25,000 word-long English vocabulary. Some scholars also claim that his works simply are often the earliest cited written record of many words which led to the misconception of him coining these new words. They had the argument that words are generally used in speech before appearing in writing, and oral uses are not recorded, therefore most words cannot be confirmed of their origins. Given this scenario, there is still no doubt that Shakespeare contributed to the richness of our language today. .
Another contribution he has on literature is the use of blank verse which is a type of poetry. It is distinguished by having a regular meter, but no rhyme. Adaptation of free speech rhythm to the fixed blank-verse framework is an outstanding feature of Shakespeare's poetry. He also developed the potential of blank verse for abrupt and irregular speech.
