Monday, April 11, 2011

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Shakespeare's writing style is called iambic pentameter. That is when you write in verse and each line has 10 syllables. Also, the syllables are are five pairs of alternating unstressed and stressed syllables. They have a certain rhythm which is ba-BUM / ba-BUM / ba-BUM / ba-BUM / ba-BUM. Each beat of the verse, is a set of syllables called an iambus. I learned that William Shakespeare also wrote sonnets and love poems to express his love into words. Also, that when you try to read his work, it would be difficult since they were written over 400 years ago and the words he used have evolved since then.

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