A Funeral Elegy
The VIDEO investigates the 1612 poem A
Funeral Elegy traditionally attributed to “W.S.” — often assumed to
mean William Shakespeare.
The historical context: the elegy was published shortly after the
death of the dedicatee, William Peter, and printed under the initials “W.S.” The Video
explains why early editors and some scholars once included the elegy in
Shakespeare’s corpus.
It then outlines various linguistic and stylistic analyses that question Shakespeare’s authorship. The video contrasts Shakespeare’s known style with the elegy’s metrics, vocabulary, and thematic tone.
Alternative
candidates for the poem’s true author are discussed, especially John Ford, a lesser-known Jacobean poet.
Evidence for Ford includes
similarity in diction, context of his connections to the Peter family, and
literary patterns.
The
video reviews past scholarly debates — including proponents and opponents of
the Shakespeare attribution. It
notes that some computational and forensic linguistic studies have weighed in
on both sides.
The Video weighs the balance of evidence and argues for a single
highly plausible author (Marlowe) with many pseudonyms, in the present case: Shakespeare
& John Ford.
It concludes by encouraging
a re-examination of A Funeral Elegy
outside the traditional Shakespearean framework.
Ai Dialog-Video
on the original Video (below)
" A funeral Elegy "
Original Video
The POEM " A Funerall Elegye "
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