William Wordsworth

Daffodils,

I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed--and gazed--but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils. 

William Wordsworth

Creative writing assignment review of Shakespeares Hamlet when it was new

 I am doing a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) on the Future Learn website and I am learning / relearning about Hamlet. I have an assignment to do so I thought I'd post it here. Putting myself in the first person of an audience member of Shakespeare's Hamlet, I am to write a review.
 Dear Mr Shakespeare,
I was glad enough to be given a ticket to the opening performance of Hamlet and was delighted by Richard Burbage's performance. Oh, how perfectly you casted him in the role! His delivery was amazing to watch,  but I do have a few questions about the play itself.Is Claudius’s reaction to the poisoning scene in the play of Gonzago’s Murder sufficient to convince us of his guilt? 

The plot was very like The Spanish Tragedy,but it was a story about the royal scandal,murder and revenge,were not those story seemed all alike?But of course, this is a tragedy, and it's not going to be alright. I shan't spoil the ending for you but suffice to say that any play which starts with a revengeful ghost can only be stuffed full of questions about death and mortality. 

Never have I heard a theatre audience so quiet as when that spectre walks the stage but it sets the mood perfectly for what is to come.

Mr Shakespeare has every reason to feel immensely proud of what he has achieved here. I am sure that this Hamlet is one of his finest plays to date and have every confidence that it will run and run. throughout centuries.