There is a literary giant named
His plays are great as stories of old
Problem plays and messed up endings.
Act one get ready the play has begun
Two Kings, one best friend to another
Torn from each-other by a false lover.
While Claudio is to lose his dome
For giving a maid an ovary for a home.
Viola is a sheep in wolfs attire
But she wants to fuel Orsino’s fire.
Don John has an evil plan in spite
While Bennedick and Beatrice do nothing but fight.
The merchant who is sad and depressed
And Jew who wants a pound of his flesh.
On to act 2 the players keep playing
Her majesty is to be put on trail
While Leontese is going to pout for a while
A trick played, they misbehave
Cross gartered he was and smiling like a nave.
Isabella must give up her chastity
In order to set her brother free
Morroco chooses fool’s gold
Portias heart he will never hold.
Hero is to be married to a guy she just met
But hold your horses it’s not over yet.
So now were at act 3 the Climax
Olivia’s falling for that she doesn’t know
While Malvolio makes a fool of him so.
Dressed as a friar even he knows it
That Angelo is nothing but a hypocrite.
Leontes is not to have an heir
Unless his child be found their.
Shylock tells Antonio to look to his bond
While Bassanio wins the heart of a blond.
Cupid is at work in Much Ado
Hero and Ursula bring together two.
Move along to Act 4 there’s more.
Portia pegs the Jew for being nothing less
Not a drop of blood from the pound of flesh.
Oliva unknowingly takes the hand
Of Viola’s twin brother Sebastian.
Florizell and Perdita speak of handfasting
While autolycus goes purse grabbing.
Provost tells Claudio tis time to die
The Duke tells Isabella a white lie.
At a wedding things don’t go so well
Cladio says No! and bids Hero farewell.
Orsino, a wife in Viola he gains
Feste sings about the wind and the rain.
The Duke takes Isabella as his silent wife
While everyone else gets to keep their life.
Hermoine’s alive at the plays ending
Perdita and Florizel have a grand wedding.
Bassanio gets back his ring from his wife
Who was playing a role to save Antonio’s life.
Claudio and Hero together they be
Beatrice and Benedick are happy and free.
