SUMMER 'MAGIC AND MYTH' ADVANCED

Question 1

IAMBIC PENTAMETER

Answer 1

The structure and rhythm of the lines of blank verse – ten beats to each line, with alternate unstressed/stressed syllables [duh DER; duh DER; duh DER; duh DER; duh DER] –

Question 2

BLANK VERSE

Answer 2

Unrhymed iambic pentameter. It uses the rhythm but there is no rhyme at the end of the lines. The form of lines spoken by the upper class characters in ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’

Question 3

METAMORPHOSIS

Answer 3

The process of one living being transforming into something else; in Greek and Roman myth, when the gods transformed mortals into animals or inanimate objects