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@sputniksteve @giles_gough @Positivteacha I actually do threads of metrical analysis of Shakespeare monologues, if it interests you. You can find them under #DailyMonologue (though they’re no longer daily!)
A charming piece from an early play in this latest #DailyMonologue thread!
#Shakespeare #TheTwoGentlemenOfVerona #prosody #poetry #PoeticMeter #scansion #BlankVerse
An early precursor to the love triangle in Twelfth Night in this scene from The Two Gentlemen of Verona (a contender for Shakespeare’s earliest play). /1
#Shakespeare #TheTwoGentlemenOfVerona #prosody #poetry #PoeticMeter #scansion #BlankVerse
Another #DailyMonologue thread. Claudius desperately searches for a chink of hope…
#Shakespeare #Hamlet #prosody #poetry #PoeticMeter #scansion #BlankVerse
King Claudius has only just put into motion his scheme to have his nephew, Hamlet, murdered. Yet he is now desperately probing how he may escape divine punishment for murdering his brother! /1
#Shakespeare #Hamlet #Caliban #prosody #poetry #PoeticMeter #scansion #BlankVerse
Another #DailyMonologue thread completed.
Caliban hopes to have a new master…
#Shakespeare #TheTempest #Caliban #prosody #poetry #PoeticMeter #scansion
https://t.co/8RbldTCgwz
After his mum died, Caliban was left the sole resident of the island. Then Prospero showed up - who taught him speech, but has kept him under his thumb ever since he made a move on his daughter, Miranda.
Unexpected new arrivals give him a hope… /1
#DailyMonologue #Shakespeare
After his mum died, Caliban was left the sole resident of the island. Then Prospero showed up - who taught him speech, but has kept him under his thumb ever since he made a move on his daughter, Miranda.
Unexpected new arrivals give him a hope… /1
#DailyMonologue #Shakespeare
Another #DailyMonologue thread completed.
Here’s the master orator, Mark Anthony, with only a corpse for an audience!
#Shakespeare #JuliusCaesar #prosody #poetry #PoeticMeter #scansion
Mark Anthony, having played his cards right with the king killers, is left alone to prepare Julius Caesar’s body… /1
#DailyMonologue #Shakespeare #JuliusCaesar #prosody #poetry #PoeticMeter #scansion
Mark Anthony, having played his cards right with the king killers, is left alone to prepare Julius Caesar’s body… /1
#DailyMonologue #Shakespeare #JuliusCaesar #prosody #poetry #PoeticMeter #scansion
A red-faced Juliet, knowing she’s been overheard, lays her cards on the table… /1
#DailyMonologue #Shakespeare #RomeoAndJuliet #prosody #poetrty #PoeticMeter #scansion
No #DailyMonologue today (and I think I might need to switch to every other day), but tomorrow we’ll be rejoining Juliet on her balcony. #RomeoAndJuliet #Shakespeare #monologue #prosody
Dark forebodings from Calphurnia, Caesar’s wife. /1
#DailyMonologue #Shakespeare #JuliusCaesar
#IambicPentameter #BlankVerse #prosody #scansion #Poetry #PoeticMeter #monologue
From King John, a very entertaining but little appreciated #Shakespeare play.
Constance’s young son, Arthur, the rightful heir to the throne, has been captured in battle by the usurping King John’s forces.
She doesn’t take it well. /1
#DailyMonologue #KingJohn #prosody
Just finished my second #DailyMonologue thread: metrical explorations of Shakespeare monologues. Yesterday we joined Juliet on her balcony. Today it’s #Hamlet, wrestling with the big question…
#ToBeOrNotToBe #Shakespeare #BlankVerse #iambic #pentameter #poetry #prosody
To be or not to be…
A few special pointers here.
Line 68 has only 8 syllables. That’s because there’s a silent foot after the word “pause”! /1
#DailyMonologue #Hamlet #ToBeOrNotToBe #Shakespeare #BlankVerse #scansion #iambic #pentameter #poetry #prosody #PoeticMeter
Line 60 contains what was in Shakespeare’s day a metrical variation specific to dramatic verse: the “epic caesura”. I explain this variation in the 3rd photo below. /2
#DailyMonologue #Hamlet #ToBeOrNotToBe #Shakespeare #BlankVerse #scansion #iambic #pentameter #poetry #prosody
To be or not to be…
A few special pointers here.
Line 68 has only 8 syllables. That’s because there’s a silent foot after the word “pause”! /1
#DailyMonologue #Hamlet #ToBeOrNotToBe #Shakespeare #BlankVerse #scansion #iambic #pentameter #poetry #prosody #PoeticMeter
By chance, I’ve begun my #DailyMonologue on #ShakespeareSunday. Here I explore the expressiveness of the meter of a famous monologue from Juliet’s balcony scene. #RomeoAndJuliet #scansion #iambic #pentameter #hexameter #BlankVerse
In this delightful speech, “Romeo” is pronounced disyllabically on all 6 occasions (unsurprisingly, given Juliet’s impatience). His surname, “Montague”, appears twice in quick succession (matching the initial immediate doubling of “Romeo”), and “name” 7 times! /1
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For studying Shakespeare’s monologues, I highly recommended this huge volume by @RSilverbush & @samiplotkin (if you scroll up from this linked tweet, you’ll also find further explanation of my notational system). /End #ShakespeareSunday #DailyMonologue #RomeoAndJuliet #Scansion
I’m studying #Shakespeare’s #monologues primarily with the help of this absolute doorstop of a book by @RSilverbush & @samiplotkin, which provides a truly deep dive into #Shakespearean monologues with great humour and wit! /End
#DailyMonologue #scansion
https://t.co/8bviH3jiAY
In this delightful speech, “Romeo” is pronounced disyllabically on all 6 occasions (unsurprisingly, given Juliet’s impatience). His surname, “Montague”, appears twice in quick succession (matching the initial immediate doubling of “Romeo”), and “name” 7 times! /1
#DailyMonologue
I’m studying #Shakespeare’s #monologues primarily with the help of this absolute doorstop of a book by @RSilverbush & @samiplotkin, which provides a truly deep dive into #Shakespearean monologues with great humour and wit! /End
#DailyMonologue #scansion
https://t.co/8bviH3jiAY
I’m currently studying #Shakespeare #monologues. If there’s an interest, I’d be happy to mark up a #scansion of one #monologue a day and share it, so anyone reading this, let me know if that might interest you? /1 >>>>
#IambicPentameter #DailyMonologue
@cjneuendorf A Macbeth scansion (my only oversight was to forget to mark the tail at the end of the opening line):
#DelhiDialogue will be #DailyMonologue of #Kejriwal,there is no escape from his antics & utterances...
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