shakespearean vocab

Question 1

‘a

Answer 1

he

Question 2

a’

Answer 2

on

Question 3

an’ / and

Answer 3

if

Question 4

Anon!

Answer 4

Soon! Right away! Coming!

Question 5

but

Answer 5

if, or only

Question 6

Good-den / go-den

Answer 6

Good Evening

Question 7

hap / happy

Answer 7

luck / lucky

Question 8

humor

Answer 8

mood, or moisture

Question 9

Jack

Answer 9

common fellow, ordinary guy

Question 10

maid

Answer 10

unmarried girl, or virgin

Question 11

mark / hark

Answer 11

listen to

Question 12

nice

Answer 12

trivial / foolish

Question 13

owes

Answer 13

owns

Question 14

shrift

Answer 14

confession / forgiveness

Question 15

Soft!

Answer 15

Quiet! Hush!

Question 16

Stay!

Answer 16

Wait!

Question 17

Withal

Answer 17

with that, with

Question 18

wot

Answer 18

know

Question 19

Wherefore

Answer 19

why

Question 20

Ere

Answer 20

before

Question 21

dost / doth

Answer 21

do / does

Question 22

thou / thee

Answer 22

you

Question 23

whither

Answer 23

to where

Question 24

hast

Answer 24

have

Question 25

shrew

Answer 25

a bad tempered woman

Question 26

iambic pentameter

Answer 26

-each unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable
-total of 5 (pent) units (iambs) in each line

Question 27

blank verse

Answer 27

unrhymed iambic pentameter

Question 28

couplets

Answer 28

two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme

Question 29

end-stopped line

Answer 29

has punctuation at the end

Question 30

run-on line

Answer 30

no punctuation at the end of the line, read along to the next line as if there isn’t a line break

Question 31

shakespearean sonnet

Answer 31

14 lines of iambic pentameter, rhyming scheme of abab cdcd efef gg