What is the meter of Romeo and Juliet?

Answer 1

Some of the play is without meter, including the casual conversation of Bottom and his fellow mechanicals. Quite a lot is iambic pentameter ("This man hath my consent to marry her."), and there is also iambic dimeter ("The raging rocks/ And shiv'ring shocks/ Shall break the locks/ Of prison gates", "Come, tears, confound/ Out sword and wound"), anapestic dimeter ("Over hill, over dale/ Thorough bush, thorough briar"), trochaic tetrameter is used a lot by the fairies ("And I serve the fairy queen.", "Philomel, with melody", "Hence, away, now all is well; one aloof stand sentinel", "Weeds of Athens he doth wear", "Lord, what fools these mortals be!"), iambic tetrameter ("To dew her orbs upon the green", "The ousel cock so black of hue")

Answer 2

Romeo and Juliet is a play written by William Shakespeare in iambic pentameter, which consists of lines with five pairs of alternating unstressed and stressed syllables. This meter gives the play a flowing and rhythmic quality that enhances the beauty of the language and dramatic impact of the dialogue.