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ELI5 What is so significant about Shakespeare's work?

I recall some of it from high school. I remember enjoying most of what I read/participated in. 

I just do not fully understand what about this individual's work warrants being studied to the extent that it seems a subject unto itself.
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Shakespeare was prolific and his writing was exceptionally high in quality.

He really knew how to captivate an audience, he could cover a wide range of genres (comedy, tragedy, romance) and his stories were also complex and profound - the type of thing that makes people 'think' and debate afterwards. The topics he covered have also stood the test of time, being largely as relevant today as they ever have been.

That's why people still love his stories.

People *study* Shakespeare because he was a master of the English language. He didn't just put together great stories, he did so with poetry, which is widely understood to be one of the most complex ways of going about spinning a yarn. The way he used words, phrases, sentences and rhythm had never been seen before and he did it at a level that most people still can't match today.

Added to that, he actually invented a lot of words and phrases. And not nonsense, a whole heap of stuff that people use everyday without knowing. We're talking 'sorry sight', 'wearing your heart on your sleeve' and 'a method in his madness'.

The way he constructed his work still impresses people and still influences how we write, talk and tell stories today.