Othello

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William Shakespeare

Shakespeare was born April 1564 in Stratford-on-Avon. William received a classical education along with Latin, Greek, history, math, astronomy, and music. He wrote 38 plays with all different generes. He also wrote 4 lengthy poems and a sonnet cycle.

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Verse vs. Prose

Verse : Poetic language that includes meter and sometimes rhyme; it is organized in line with a consistent number of syllables

Prose: Ordinary written language with no meter or rhyme; organized in sentences

Usage

Verse used for high status characters, war, and tragic moments

Prose used for ow status characters, proclamations, written challenges, accusations, letters, comedic moments, and madness

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Meter

The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

responsible for creating rhyme of line

Foot

group of syllables that for one complete unit of metrical pattern

Iambic pentameter is the most common metrical pattern used by shakespeare

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Blank vs Free Verse

Blank: UnUn