He's not. He's called The Bard, The Poet. There's nothing common about his writing.
He was known as England's national poet or the Bard of Avon. Today he is often known as the Common Bard.
Shakespeare is often called the Bard of Avon.
He was not. "Bard of Avon" - or "Bard" for short is correct.
Nobody. Shakespeare is called "The Bard of Avon" because he is a bard, or poet, and he lived in Stratford, which is on the River Avon.
What a deliciously odd question! William Shakespeare is sometimes called "The Bard of Avon." Bard rhymes with lard.
Yes, he was also referred to as the Great Bard of Stratford. (Bard means poet)
He is sometime called the Bard of Avon. "Bard" means poet and his hometown was on the river Avon.
People call him the bard or the Bard of Avon, but they didn't call him that when he was alive. He was called the Swan of Avon shortly after his death, but that was probably poetry. His friends probably called him Will.The Bard of Avon.
Shakespeare is commonly referred to as The Bard usually capitalized. Bard is a Welsh word for Poet. Bards were sort of ceremonial poets and similar to troubadors in a sense. He is often called the Bard. Bard means Poet.
William Shakespeare is a famous English poet, dramatist and playwright. He is famously called The Bard of Avon, derived from his hometown which is Stratford-upon-Avon.
"Bard" means "poet" and Shakespeare is the poet par excellence.
A bard is a poet and minstrel. The word is of Celtic origin. It was given as a title to Shakespeare: the "Bard of Avon" or the poet of Avon (after the Avon river which flows through his hometown Stratford on Avon). Shakespeare's reputation is so huge among English poets that he's often called just "the Bard", and unless you qualify it, that's what is meant nowadays when you use the word.