MonarchX
What poetic forms does Shakespeare use in this play, and to what effect?
Romeo and Juliet
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trmichaels
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A large part of Romeo and Juliet is written in blank verse; other large segments are written in iambic pentameter.
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belanna
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Shakespeare matches the poetic form to the character as a means of expressing that character's personality.
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Twingirl
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Just a small clarification - from "A Poetry Handbook," by Mary Oliver...
"Poems (or, poetry) written in iambic pentameter without end rhyme are (is) called blank verse." So the two are not mutually exclusive, as your answer seems to imply.
A Venus in the literature...
"Poems (or, poetry) written in iambic pentameter without end rhyme are (is) called blank verse." So the two are not mutually exclusive, as your answer seems to imply.
A Venus in the literature...