Vocab of the Bard

[john_j_enright]

One of the puzzles about Shakespeare, that playwright from the past,
Is that his vocabulary appears to have been truly vast,
Including technical terms from different arts and trades.
How could so much learning be displayed
When he hadn’t really spent much time in school?
My guess is he studied while sitting on a stool
At local taverns - that his brain somehow stored
Material most people would have ignored.