he first line of the poem “He’s in every lover who ever stood alone beneath a window” is an allusion, or reference, to
the famous balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet. With every repetition of “every” Kate Tempest shares a new allusion,
reference, to a famous Shakespeare play: “the ghost that will not rest” is an allusion to the ghost of Hamlet’s murdered
father; “he’s in every father with a favourite” is an allusion to King Lear, who clearly loves his virtuous daughter Cordelia
more than his other children; “every girl who used her wits” could refer to any number of Shakespeare’s heroines who
dress as men to chase their dreams or keep themselves safe in a strange land. What Shakespeare allusions do you
know