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Shakespeare’s Language. 4 Different Types of Language in Shakespeare’s Work. Prose Blank Verse Couplets Sonnets. Prose. No rhyme, no meter Usually used by characters of a lower class Used in comedy scenes (there are some exceptions) Example
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4 Different Types of Language in Shakespeare’s Work • Prose • Blank Verse • Couplets • Sonnets
Prose • No rhyme, no meter • Usually used by characters of a lower class • Used in comedy scenes (there are some exceptions) Example Abraham: Do you bite your thumb at us, sir? Sampson: No, sir, I do not bite my thumb at you, sir, but I bite my thumb, sir.
Blank Verse • No rhyme, but has meter - usually iambic pentameter – 10 syllables per line • Usually spoken by the upper class in his plays
Couplets • Aa, bb, cc, dd meter a pair of rhyming lines in iambic pentameter • Used almost always by the upper class • Used at moments of intensity • Used at the end of a scene
Sonnets • A 14-line poem written in iambic pentameter • Always spoken by the upper class • Moments of highest importance and sometimes the prologue