Which of these statements from the article is a statement of fact? a) sometime after composing king lear, shakespeare's poetic powers began to weaken. b) nothing would be better for high school students than to take shakespeare down a peg or two. c) shakespeare wrote 38 five-act plays (all written in iambic pentameter), 154 perfect sonnets, and two epic poems. d) perhaps teaching a bad shakespeare play or two would make the famous plays' greatness truly understood and deserved.