Iambic Pentameter – Flashcards
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iambic pentameter
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a meter that Shakespeare always used when writing in verse.
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most of Shakespeare's plays were written in iambic pentameter which is
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meter that's a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in verse
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iambic pentameter has
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10 syllables on each line 5 pairs of alternating unstressed and stressed syllables in verse
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iambic pentameter always ends with a ___ syllable
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stressed
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iambus
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1 unstressed syllable 1 stressed syllable
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each Shakespeare sonnet also has a specific
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rhyme scheme
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rhyme scheme
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pattern of rhyme between line of a poem or song. it usually uses letters to indicate the lines
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rhyme scheme of shakespeare
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abbaabbacdcdee
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Shakespeare's sonnets are written in
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iambic pentameter
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Shakespeare's sonnets mostly focus on subjects of
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love war and mortality suffering and change
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Shakespearean sonnets can easily be set
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to music because of rhyme and meter
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Shakespeare sonnets can easily be
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illustrated because of passion and controversy of subject matter
