Studied by 4 people‘a
he
a’
on
an’/and
if
Anon!
Soon! Right away! Coming!
but
if, or only
Good-den or go-den
Good evening.
hap or happy
luck or lucky
humor
mood, or moisture
humor
mood or moisture
Jack
common fellow, ordinary guy
maid
unmarried girl, or virgin
mark/hark
listen to
nice
trivial, foolish
shrift
confession or forgiveness
soft!
Quiet! Hush!
Stay!
Wait!
Withal
with that, with
wot
know
wherefore
why
Ere
before
Dost/doth
do/does
Thou/thee
you
Whither
to where
Hast
have
Shrew
A bad-tempered woman
iambic pentameter
each unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable (think of the word prefer) for a total of 5 units in each line
Blank verse
Unrhymed iambic pentameter
Couplets
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
End-stopped line
Has punctuation at its end
Run-on line
no punctuation at the end of the line, meaning it is to be read continuously with the following lines
Shakespearean Sonnet
14 lines written in iambic pentameter with a rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg
Note
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