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Shakespearean Terms
Literary Terms
Term | Definition |
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Short Lines | A line with less than 10 syllables. |
Shared Lines | Lines that share completing the Blank Verse, or iambic pentameter. |
Alexandrine | Lines than has 12 syllables. |
Blank Verse | Poetry that uses iambic pentameter. |
Iambic Pentameter | A line of a series of five unstressed syllables each one followed by stressed syllables. |