Shakesphere Vocab pt 1 Flashcards
Inversions
Shakespeare often rearranges the word order to create new rhythms or to emphasize a particular word.
Archaic Language
Words that we think we know the meaning of actually have a different meaning
Omission
Shakespeare might omit a whole word or a part of a word to create rhymes.
Pertrarchan Love
Love emphasizes the paralyzing defention of love
Classical Allusion
an indirect reference to something from Greek/Roman mythology
biblical Allusion
an indirect reference to something from the Bible
Sonnet
14-line poem with a complex rhyme scheme
Pun
A “pun” is playing with the sound of words
Paradox
a seemingly absurd or self contradictory statement
Poetry
Concentrated language
Prose
ordinary language used when speaking and writing
Metric writing/Meter
regular rhythmic pattern in language
Iambic Pentameter
Way Shakespeare wrote
Iamb
Unit of speech that includes one unstressed symbol and one stressed symbol
What year was Shakespeare born
1564
What year did shakesphere die
1616
Who did he marry?
Anne Hathaway
What schooling did he receive?
Educated in Rhetoric, logic, History, and Latin in middle school
Where did he live?
Stratgord-upon-Avon
Who were his parents?
John and Mary Arden
What were the lost years?
A time period where we have no records of Shakespeare living in London 1583-1592
What was the name of the theatre that Shakespeare invested in?
The Globe Theatre
How many plays did he write?
38
How many sonnets?
154
What language did Shakespeare speak?
Early Modern English
Inversion
When the verb procedes the subject
