There are three types of language Rhyming Verse Blank Verse Prose Rhyming Verse RHYMES It USUALLY but not always has 10 syllables per line in the form known as IAMBIC PENTAMETER This is expressed as ID: 578740
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Language in ShakespeareSlide2
There are three types of language:
Rhyming Verse
Blank Verse
ProseSlide3
Rhyming Verse RHYMES
It USUALLY – but not always – has 10 syllables per line in the form known as
IAMBIC PENTAMETER
This is expressed as
5 PAIRS of syllables
:
Quiet/Loud/Quiet/Loud/Quiet/Loud/Quiet/ Loud/Quiet/Loud
This emphasising the
last syllable
to bring out the rhymeSlide4
Examples of Iambic Pentameter:
My horse, my horse, my kingdom for a horse
– Richard III
A full rhyming version:
Hear it not Duncan, for it is a knell
That summons thee to heaven, or to hell
- MacbethSlide5
Blank Verse
Blank Verse has the same rhythm as rhyming verse (10 syllables, Iambic pentameter) but it
does not rhyme
For brave Macbeth (well he deserves that name)
Disdaining fortune, with his brandished steelSlide6
Prose
Has NO Rhythm and NO Rhyme
It is usually reserved for LOW Status Characters:
Comic characters
Servants
Fools
Drunkards
And USUALLY comical – but not always
It can also be used by HIGH STATUS characters if they are agitated or lose their emotional control in stressful momentsSlide7
Blank Verse is usually for HIGH Status CharactersSlide8
Rhyming verse
is often used between lovers, or in moments of plays that are “magical” or supernatural – like a chant:
Fairies in A Midsummer Night’s dream
Witches in Macbeth
It is also often used to
bring a scene to a climax
and “wrap it up”, telling audience scene is finished:
Hear it not Duncan, for it is a knell
That summons thee to heaven, or to hell
- Macbeth