Macbeth: Use Of Verse

Question 1

Witches: Verse

Answer 1

They speak in trochaic tetrameter (stressed syllable followed by unstressed)
4 of these per line (Terameter) & Rhyming couplets (aa,bb)

“Double, double toil and trouble, / Fire burn and cauldron bubble” - they chant a total of three times, makes their incantation even darker: circular pattern prevents from escaping the frightening spell.

Rhythm and rhyme emphasise the mystic & supernatural element of the magic the practice (spells) & creates a difference between them and other characters that speak in iambic pentameter (Nobles) and Prose (commoners).