Shakespeare Coach Emily Staudt breaks down the Bard in a fun, approachable way
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Breaking Down the Bard - Dactyls
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A dactyl is not a dinosaur - but "dinosaur" is a dactyl! A dactyl is a metric foot in poetry that is one stressed syllable...
Breaking Down the Bard - Trochees
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Now that you know what verse is , and what perfect iambic pentameter is (and if you don't, feel free to read my previous Breaking Do...
Breaking Down the Bard - "-ed" Endings
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Have you ever wondered how classical actors know when to say "bless'd" or "bless- ed ", "murder'd" or ...
Breaking Down the Bard - Feminine Endings
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Now that you've got a handle on the difference between verse and prose , what perfect iambic pentameter is , and what scansion is (and ...
Breaking Down the Bard - Scansion
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Our patterns of speech have various rhythms, made up of combinations of stressed or unstressed syllables or words. In reality, the amount ...
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