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Shakespeare visited his hometown of Stratford after seeing London. He possessed
one of the largest homes in the neighbourhood and was wealthy and accomplished.
1616 saw his passing. Shakespeare also produced a collection of sonnets and two
lengthy poems. The sonnets describe two love affairs, but we do not know who the
lovers were - or whether they existed only in Shakespeare’s imagination. Although
there are many public documents concerned with his career as a writer and a
businessman, Shakespeare has hidden his personal life from us. A nineteenth-century
poet, Matthew Arnold, addressed Shakespeare in a poem, and wrote ‘We ask and ask
- Thou smilest, and art still’.

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