Shakespeare Flashcards
Most famous plays
Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Othello, Tempest, Richard III, Macbeth etc
When was shakespeare born
23rd April 1564
How many children did he have
3
When did he die
23rd April 1616
Who were Shakespeare’s siblings
Joan, Edmund, Gilbert, Margeret, Anne and Richard shakespeare
What church did shakespeare get baptised, married and burried in
Holy trinity church
What is verse
writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyme
What is blank verse
verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameters
What is iambic pentameter
a line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable, for example Two households, both alike in dignity.
What is the rhyme scheme in shakespeares sonnets
abab cdcd efef gg
