Blank verse has no set rhythm/rhyme in iambic pantameter.
2. Interpret these Shakespearean lines using your Shakespeare Packet: Reading Shakespeare's English:
a. "But soft! What light through yonder window breaks?" [R&J]
"Wait, what time is it?"
b. "Thou art more lovely and more temperate." [Sonnets XVIII]
b. "Thou art more lovely and more temperate." [Sonnets XVIII]
"You are the loveliest and calmest."
c. "If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well." [Macbeth]
"Had you done it when you were supposed to, it would have been done by now."
d. "Who wooed in haste, and means to wed in leisure." [Taming of the Shrew]
"When you date someone without contemplating, your marriage will be in vain."
3. How many creative Shakespearean insults can you come up with? Add "thou" or "thine" to the front of the lists picked up on your way in: "Thou+Column A+Column B+Column C!"
d. "Who wooed in haste, and means to wed in leisure." [Taming of the Shrew]
"When you date someone without contemplating, your marriage will be in vain."
3. How many creative Shakespearean insults can you come up with? Add "thou" or "thine" to the front of the lists picked up on your way in: "Thou+Column A+Column B+Column C!"
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