Literary greatness cannot be measured simply by the number of lines a poet writes,
How many lines did John Milton, William Shakespeare & William Wordsworth write _ 87,000, 54,000, 20,000. which is which?
The Victorian Literary Studies Archive Concordance produced the following answers
Shakespeare 128673 Total Lines
Wordsworth 64956
Milton ( major works only) 18293
I appreciate that these figures do not match those of the question but I suspect that there may be differences in the definition of a line between the Concordance and The Daily Mail `s authority .
Thank you for your prompt answer. I wondered if the word
'poet' was significant in the question? Shakespeare was
more of a playwright than a poet and Milton wrote a vast amount of poetry? However, I am grateful for your answer, thank you and here's hoping you have a very happy New Year
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