Becoming A Shakespearean Detective Shakespeare uses Blank Verse Metered Verse Prose AND Iambic Pentameter Shared Lines Antithesis Alliteration Assonance Consonance Why Verse ID: 395698
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Scansion
Becoming A Shakespearean DetectiveSlide2
Shakespeare uses:
Blank Verse
Metered Verse
Prose
AND!
Iambic Pentameter
Shared Lines
Antithesis
Alliteration
Assonance
Consonance Slide3
Why Verse?
Verse: Structured and metered word formations, usually by syllable or word count
Use of elevated language
Expressive
Rhythmic
Structured Poetry Slide4
Why Prose?
Prose: unstructured free flowing word formations
Usually designated for lower classes
Cynical commentary
Letters
Lack of heightened actionSlide5
Iambic Pentameter
Definition
Iam
: a two-syllable measure with the accent on the second syllable
Pentameter: five measures or feet
Examples:
But
soft
/
,
what
light
/
through
yon
/
der
win
/
dow
breaks
/
?
Un
ea
/
sy
lies
/
the
head
/
that
wears
/
the
crown
/
The
qua
/
li
ty
/
of
mer
/
cy
is
/
not
strain’d
/Slide6
Trochee
Definition:
A two-syllable measure or foot with the accent on the first syllable. A trochee usually occurs at the beginning of a line or the first foot after a
caesurea
.
Example:
Now
is
/
the
win
/
ter
of
/
our
dis
/
con
tent
/
But
when
/
the
blast
/
of
war
/
blows
in
/
our
ears
/Slide7
Spondee and Pyrrhic
Definitions:
Spondee
: A
two-syllable measure or foot with both syllables
accented.
Pyrrhic: A two-syllable measure or foot with both syllables
unaccented.
Examples:
When
through
/
proud Lon
/
don
he
/
came
sigh
/
ing
on
/
Reigns
sole
/
ly
in
/
the
breast
/
of
ev
/
ery
man
/Slide8
Trisyllabic Foot
Definition:
A foot that occurs before or after a
mid stop
or at the end of the line with three syllables contained within it.
Midstop
: punctuation in the midst of a sentence
Endstop
: punctuation at the end of a full statement
Examples:
But
how
/
I
caught
/
it
found
/
it
or
/
came
by
it
And
by
/
op
pos
/
ing
end
them
.
/
To
die
,
/
to
sleep
/Slide9
Contraction or Elision
Definition:
When a word is placed in a phrase so that two unaccented syllables occur side by side, the vowel of the weaker of the two unaccented syllables is cut out or elided, thus shortening the word.
Examples:
He
hath
/
more
wor
/
thy
in
/
terest
to
/
the
state
/
O
Mar
/
garet
Mar
/
garet
now
/
thy
hea
/
vy
curse
/Slide10
Expansion
Definition:
Lengthening a word by the addition of an extra sound (many contractions we use now were not used in Shakespeare’s time- we must, therefore, expand them.)
Examples:
And
death’s
/
pale
flag
/
is
not
/
ad
van
/
ced
there
/
But
Bru
/
tus
says
/
he
was
/
am
bi
/
tio
us
/
And
Bru
/
tus
is
/
an
ho
/
no
ra
/
ble
man
.
/Slide11
What does meter say about a character?
Plenty. Check it out. Slide12
Regular Heartbeat
But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?
It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.
Arise fair sun, and kill the envious moon,
Who is already sick and pale with grief
That thou, her maid, art far more fair than she.
Be not her maid, since she is envious;
Her vestal livery is but sick and green,
And none but fools do wear it; cast it off. Slide13
Irregular Heartbeat & Feminine Ending
To be, or not to be, that is the question:
Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing, end them. To die, to sleep-
No more, and by a sleep to say we
e
nd
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to; ‘tis a consummation
Devoutly to be
wish’d
. To die, to sleep- Slide14
Antithesis
Definition:
A contrast or opposition between two things
Example:
Oh me! What fray was here?
Yet tell me not, for I have heard it all.
Here’s much to do with hate, but more with love.
Why then, O brawling love! O loving hate!
O anything, or nothing first create!
O heavy lightness, serious vanity,
Mis-shapen
chaos of well-seeming forms,
Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health,
Still- waking sleep, that is not what it is!
This love feel I, that feel no love in this.
Dost thou not laugh? Slide15
Well, here’s some options-
O me! What
fray
was here?
Yet
tell
me
not
, for I have
heard
it
all
.
Here’s
much
to do with
hate
, but
more
with
love
.
Why then, O
brawling
love
! O
loving
hate
!
O
anything
, or
nothing
first create!
O
Heavy
lightness
,
serious
vanity
,
Mis
-
shapen
chaos
of
well
-
seeming
forms
,
Feather
of
lead
,
bright
smoke
,
cold
fire
,
sick
health
,
Still-waking
sleep
, that
is not
what
it is
!
This
love
feel I, that feel
no love
in this.
Dost though not
laugh
? Slide16
Shared Lines and Missing Beats
Shared Lines
Two lines of dialogue that share measures
Example:
Romeo:
That I might touch that cheek!
Juliet:
Ay me!
Romeo:
She speaks!
Missing Beat
Usually indicates a stage direction
Example:
Romeo:
It is my lady, O, it is my love!
O that she knew she were!
She speaks, yet she says nothing; what of that? Slide17
Alliteration
Definition:
The occurrence of the same sound at the beginning of words in sequence with each other.
Example:
-
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life.
-
The day to cheer and night’s dank dew to dry
-
When griping grief the heart doth wound
And doleful dumps the mind oppressSlide18
Assonance and Consonance
Assonance
Definition
The repetition of a vowel sound within a group of words in sequence with each other.
Example
Of princes, shall outlive this powerful rhyme;
But you shall shine more bright in these contents
Consonance
Definition
The repetition of a consonant sound located anywhere in a word in sequence with others
Example
Whether tis nobler to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
Or to take arms against a sea of troublesSlide19
So what? Shakespeare was a poet…
AND A PLAYWRIGHT!
CLUES IMBEDDED IN THE TEXT
No characters descriptions
No scenery
JUST THE WORDS
He was a careful craftsman.
Use the clues he gives. Discover new meanings!Slide20
Try It On your own
A blank, my lord. She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm
i
’
th
’ bud,
Feed on her damask cheek. She pined in thought,
And with a green and yellow melancholy
She sat like Patience on a monument,
Smiling at
g
rief.
Was not this
love indeed?
We men may say more, swear more, but indeed
Our shows are more than will; for still we prove
much in our vows but little in our love.
I am all the daughters of my father’s house,
And all the brothers, too- and yet I know not.
Sir, shall I to this lady?