Shakespearean vocab

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´a

he

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on

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an´ or and

if

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Anon!

Soon! Right away! Coming!

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but

if, or only

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Good-den or go-den

good evening

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hap or happy

luck or lucky

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humor

mood, or moisture

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Jack

common fellow, ordinary guy

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maid

unmarried girl, or virgin

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mark/hark

listen to

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nice

trivial, foolish

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owes

owns

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shrift

confession or forgiveness

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Soft!

Quiet! Hush!

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Stay!

Wait!

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Withal

with that, with

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wot

know

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wherefore

why

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ere

before

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dost/doth

do/does

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thou/thee

you

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whither

to where

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hast

have

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iambic pentameter

each unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable for a total of 5 (5=pent) units (iambs) in each line

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each unit, one iamb has

one unstressed and one stressed syllable

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blank verse

unrhymed iambic pentameter

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couplets

two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme (think, a couple is two people, so a couplet is two lines)

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end-stopped line

has punctuation at its end

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run-on line

no punctuation at the end of the line, meaning it is to be read continuously with the following lines

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Shakespearean sonnet

14 lines written in iambic pentameter, with a rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg

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