Shakepeare in Modern Times

Othello tells us of the moor of Venice and his wife;
Hamlet, of the Danish kin, and his tragic loss of life.
Romeo and Juliet shows star-crossed lovers who,
rather than to live apart, would rather death pursue.

Their Bard, who walked upon the Earth, has walked with King and Queen,
And shown the world is all a stage, and made The Globe his scene.

But

Shakespeare never saw the moon in nineteen sixty-nine.
He never saw the two great wars, or heard of 'Walk The Line.'
He never heard of JFK upon that grassy knoll,
And never heard of four young lads, or heard their rock or roll.

The modern world is very strange, and built upon the past.
But there's more of it now then there was back then - a different acting cast.

So

While Shakespeare tells us many tales of morality and woe
There's more to life than dead man's tales, written too long ago.

-S

(TL;DR: Stop taking Shakespeare so seriously, Educational System!)