Blank verse � unrhymed Iambic Pentameter�Marlowe�s Might Line
1st letter of each line capitalized
Rhyme�Noble fanciful/scene endings
Prose- normal language�commoners/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 Remus� raised by wolves
Rome� Brutus set up the republic�Republic� representative government that isn�t done by vote
Pun- Play on Words�cobbler�sole