Shakespeare + Meter

Shakespeare wrote when?

1564-1616 (roughly 400 years ago)

Meter

poetry's rhythm or its pattern of stressed/unstressed syllables

syllable

each beat in a word

Iamb

the pattern of one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one

Foot

each pattern (2 syllables)

Iambic pentameter

a line of verse with 5 iambic feet, each consisting of one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one

o'er

over

'tis

it is

thou

you

thine

your, yours

thee

to you

thyself

yourself

hath

have

art

are

anon

soon, shortly

prithee

I pray to thee (you)

Name of Shakespeares Theater

The Globe

Shakespeare's theatre (the globe) is located where

Southwark, south of River Thames

Globe Theater built

in 1599

Globe Theatre got moved to River Thames why? (1599)

over a legal dispute with landowner Giles Allen

First time Shakespeare's Theater (the globe) burned down

1613, during Macbeth or Henry VIII

Second time Shakespeare's Theater (globe) got moved

1642-1644, closed because Puritans shut down all theaters in London, saying its unholy

It was illegal for women to perform as actors. True or False?

True

Poor people had a seat in

the yard

The cost for a seat in "the yard"

one pence