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iamb
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(I-am) noun
an element of sound that consists of two beats – the first unstressed syllable (da) and the second stressed (DA) – think of the sound of a heartbeat |
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iambic pentameter
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(I-am-bik pen-TAM-i-ter) noun
Pentameter refers to meter or number of stressed syllables in a line. Penta – meter has five stressed syllables. Iambic pentameter is five iambs in one line. “But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?” |
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blank verse
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noun
a form of poetry that consists of lines written in unrhymed iambic pentameter Shakespeare wrote most of his plays in poetry, specificallyblank verse. |
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sonnet
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(SAH-net) noun
14 lines of rhymed iambic pentameter |
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renaissance
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(REN-ah-zahns) noun
rebirth Shakespeare lived during a time in England history that many people call the English Renaissance. This term was applied as a way of celebrating the rapid development of art, literature, science and politics. |
