A blank verse is no set rhythm/ rhyme, but it does follow a pattern called iambic pentameter. An iambic means line length broken five feet. Pentameter means 5. "And melancholy is the nurse of frenzy."
2. Interpret these Shakespearean lines using your Shakespeare Packet: Reading Shakespeare's English:
a. "But soft! What light through yonder window breaks?" [R&J]: But wait. What time of day is it.
b. "Thou art more lovely and more temperate." [Sonnets XVIII]: Are you ready and calm.
c. "If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well." [Macbeth]: If its done when its done, its good.
d. "Who wooed in haste, and means to wed in leisure." [Taming of the Shrew]: To love in a hurry means to marry in free time.
Thou unmuzzled sour-faced waterfly.
Thou greasy pale hearted moldwarp
Thou gnarling heavy-headed hedge pig
Thou peevish paper-faced snipe
Thou hideous onion-eyed egg-shell
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