Shakespeare's Use of Literary Terms
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daniellateneal
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Discipline:
Language Arts Subject:
Literature


But soft, what light through younder window breaks? (Romeo and Juliet)
Shakespeare's Use of Literary Terms.
Couplet: A pair of rhyming verse lines.
"Tearing of papers, breaking ring a twain,(a) Storming her world with sorrows wind and rain."(a) A Lovers Complaint
Galling the gleaned land with hot assys, Girding the grievous siege castles and towns. (Henry V)
Alliteration: A repitition of consonants, especially at the beginning of related words.
Blank verse: Unrhymed verse, with five feet to a line, a measure introduced into England by Earl of Surrey,which became the basic verse of Elizabethan drama.
General examples of various terms
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