Tuesday, 26 May 2015

What are some examples of iambic pentameter found in Act 3, Scene 1 of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet?

The iambic
pentameter found in Act 3, Scene 1 is definitely tricky. However, one good example can be seen
when the fight breaks out andbegsandto stop fighting and also begsto help him beat down their
swords.

The iambic pentameter is especially
tricky to spot in this passage because several of the lines are headless
lines
, meaning that they omit a first syllable, thereby not conforming to the
typical meter. These lines are also tricky because they all have a
hypercatalexis, meaning an extra, unexpected
foot.

If we were to scan the first three lines, we would get:


__ Draw,' / Ben -vo' / -li -o'; / beat down' / their wea' / -pons
__.
__ Gent' / -le -men', / for shame'! / for -bear' / this out' / -rage _!
 
Ty-balt', /...







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