shakespearean vocab Flashcards
(31 cards)
1
Q
‘a
A
he
2
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a’
A
on
3
Q
an’ / and
A
if
4
Q
Anon!
A
Soon! Right away! Coming!
5
Q
but
A
if, or only
6
Q
Good-den / go-den
A
Good Evening
7
Q
hap / happy
A
luck / lucky
8
Q
humor
A
mood, or moisture
9
Q
Jack
A
common fellow, ordinary guy
10
Q
maid
A
unmarried girl, or virgin
11
Q
mark / hark
A
listen to
12
Q
nice
A
trivial / foolish
13
Q
owes
A
owns
14
Q
shrift
A
confession / forgiveness
15
Q
Soft!
A
Quiet! Hush!
16
Q
Stay!
A
Wait!
17
Q
Withal
A
with that, with
18
Q
wot
A
know
19
Q
Wherefore
A
why
20
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Ere
A
before
21
Q
dost / doth
A
do / does
22
Q
thou / thee
A
you
23
Q
whither
A
to where
24
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hast
A
have
25
shrew
a bad tempered woman
26
iambic pentameter
-each unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable
-total of 5 (pent) units (iambs) in each line
27
blank verse
unrhymed iambic pentameter
28
couplets
two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
29
end-stopped line
has punctuation at the end
30
run-on line
no punctuation at the end of the line, read along to the next line as if there isn't a line break
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shakespearean sonnet
14 lines of iambic pentameter, rhyming scheme of abab cdcd efef gg
