Many of their lines are delivered in what's called trochaic tetrameter with rhymed couplets. That's a mouthful but, again, it's actually pretty simple once you wrap your brain around it. Let's take a closer look at "trochaic tetrameter. A " trochee " is the opposite of an "iamb. So "trochaic tetrameter" is a kind of rhythmic pattern that consist of four trochees per line. It sounds like this:. Notice the way the endings of these two lines rhyme trouble and bubble? That's what's called a rhymed couplet.
On the one hand, the meter and the rhyme kind of make the chanting seem a little silly, especially for modern audiences, who don't necessarily believe in witchcraft. At the same time, all the talk about "hell-broth" and "trouble" sounds frightening, especially when what goes into the "hell-broth" consists of disturbing things like "eye of newt" and "finger of birth-strangled babe.
And now for the ordinary folk, like this poor hungover porter: 'Faith sir, we were carousing till the second cock: and drink, sir, is a great provoker of three things. Lechery, sir, it provokes, and unprovokes; It provokes the desire, but it takes away the performance.
Notice that it's not just the type of speech that sets the Porter apart from the nobles —it's also the content of what he says which is "low" or "common". You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email.
Notify me of new posts via email. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Visualize it like this: Here is an example, said by Macbeth. Share this: Twitter Email Facebook Pinterest. Like this: Like Loading Previous Post Highclere. Next Post Deductions and Inferences. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Enter your comment here A literary device used to demonstrate patterns of long and short through stressed and unstressed syllables more commonly used in verse form.
An effective example of situational irony is Macbeth murdering Duncan in the aim to gain power and take over the throne to enjoy the wealth and strength of being the new king of Scotland.
For Macbeth continued killing people to preserve his power and becomes a despised dictator that is wrecked by his own people. Irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected.
Posts Likes Archive. Definition of Meter Meter is a stressed and unstressed syllabic pattern in a verse or within the lines of a poem. Definition of 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.
Definition and Example of Rythm A literary device used to demonstrate patterns of long and short through stressed and unstressed syllables more commonly used in verse form.
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