Poetry
Blank verse è unrhymed Iambic PentameterèMarlowe’s Might Line
1st letter of each line capitalized
RhymeèNoble fanciful/scene endings
Prose- normal languageècommoners/ignoble
Shall I compare the to a summers day?
You blocks, you stones, you wore that senseless things!
Scansion- syntax
Iambic (soft/loud)
10 syllables = 5 feet
2 syllables = 1 foot
5 feet = pentameter
Shall I/ compare/ the to/ a sum/mers day?
You blocks/, you stones/, you worse/ that sense/less things!
Word Inversion
I ate the sandwich
1. The Sandwich I ate
2. Ate I the Sandwich
3. The Sandwich ate I
4. Ate the sandwich I
5. I the Sandwich ate
Omission (Contractions)
‘Tis- It is
Ope- Open
O’er- Over
Gi’- give
Ne’er- never
I’- in
Ere- Before
E’er- ever
Oft- often
A’- he
E’en- even
First Triumverate- 3 rulers of the roman world
1. Julius Caesar- supported by Plebeians commoners
2. Pompey- supported Patricians the higher levels
3. Crassius- not as powerful Julius Caesar and Pompey
Play Opening 45-44 BC
Feast of the Lopercal- February 15th
Romulus Remusè raised by wolves
Romeè Brutus set up the republicèRepublicè representative government that isn’t done by vote
Pun- Play on Wordsècobblerèsole