Petruchio's lines, the Lord's lines, and Lucentio's lines are all in poetic lines, whereas Grumio and Sly's lines are in prose. The servants and lower-class characters speak in prose, which is a more common, conversation-like form of speech. In contrast, the wealthier upper-class characters such as Lucentio speak in poetic lines, which indicates their status and more refined speech. However, in Act I, Scene I, lines 107 through 147, while Gremio and Hortensio discuss their plans to woo Bianca, their lines are in prose even though they previously spoke in poetic lines. The change to prose indicates that their conversation is more ordinary, like a friend-to-friend exchange and possibly has an element of
