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- 1William ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare was born in April 1562.
Received a classical education.
wrote about 28 plays.
wrote 4 lengthy poems. - 2Verse vs. ProseVerse- Poetic language that includes meter and sometimes rhyme (high status).
Prose- Ordinary written language with no meter or rhyme and in sentences(low status). - 3MeterThe pattern of stressed and unstressed syllabus, responsible for creating a rhythm in a line.
described in terms of the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables and the total number of metrical feet in a line - 4foota Group of syllabus that forms one complete unit of metrical pattern,
- 5Lambic PentameterThe most common metrical patter in Shakespeare.
Lamb- unstressed syllable, stressed syllable
Pentameter- lines of five iambic feet: 10 syllables. - 6Blank Verse vs. FreeBlank verse- Unrhymed iambic pentameter
Free verse- No regular meter - 7SonnetA 14 line poet usually written in iambic pentameter.
organized in three quatrains and a couplet
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