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Blank verse is unrhymed and quite a lot of Romeo and Juliet is in rhyme. "If I may trust the flattering truth of sleep, My dreams presage some joyful news at hand" is an example of blank verse.
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Examples of blank verse in "Romeo and Juliet" include Juliet's speech in Act 4, Scene 3, where she agonizes over taking the potion to fake her death, and Mercutio's Queen Mab speech in Act 1, Scene 4. Blank verse is unrhymed iambic pentameter, a common verse form used throughout the play for dialogue between characters.
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Romeo and Juliet is written in which form?
Blank verse
What is the term for the form in which Romeo and Juliet is written?
Blank verse
The play Romeo and Juliet is written in which form?
Blank Verse
Which characters in Romeo and Juliet use blank verse?
Generally (but not always!) Shakespeare's characters who spoke in blank verse are the lower-status characters. Think of which characters are not as important, then compare that to some of their speech in Romeo and Juliet.
What is the best description of the language shakespeare primarily uses in romeo and juliet?
Blank verse
What is the best description of the language that Shakespeare primarily uses in Romeo and Juliet?
Blank Verse
Are the first four lines in the prologue of Romeo and Juliet blank verse- Why or why not?
No, it is in strict Iambic Pentametor.
An example of free verse in Romeo and Juliet?
There isn't any free verse in Romeo and Juliet--not in Shakespeare's in any case. Perhaps you are thinking of blank verse. There is lots of that. An example is the first line, "Two households both alike in dignity."
Why do you think Romeo does not speak in blank verse in the conversation with his friends?
Romeo doesn't speak in blank verse because he is in an excited and emotional state after meeting Juliet. His dialogue with his friends is informal and reflects his heightened emotions, so he speaks in prose instead of the more structured blank verse.
Which of the following is true of the writing Shakespeare does in Romeo and Juliet?
Its blank verse, it generally doesn't rhyme, it has a set rhythm
Is blank verse a new type of development in poetry?
Nope it isn't... its been around for a very long time.. even shakespeare uses blank verse in his stories.. one example is in romeo and juliet.
What kind of meter does romeo and juliet use?
Shakespeare was fond of using blank verse, which is unrhymed iambic pentameter. That's the meter he used mostly.
