Blank Verse and Iambic Pentameter

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Blank Verse and Iambic Pentameter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5lsuyUNu_4 all https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4kz-C7GryY 7:53-9:44

Key Vocabulary Blank verse: a category of poetry based on unrhymed lines and a definite meter, usually of iambic pentameter Meter: the number of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry Iambic pentameter: a line of poetry that includes 5 meters (2 syllables each); ie. Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, Verse poetry: poetry that has both a consistent meter and a rhyme scheme

Fun Fact Shakespeare wrote 37 plays, some have 104,000 lines! 7% are rhyming; 65% are blank verse; 28% are prose (stories)

But screw your courage to the stickling place, And we'll not fail. When Duncan is asleep-- Whereto the rather shall his day's hard journey Soundly invite him--his two chamberlains Will I with wine and wassail so convince -Macbeth, Lady Macbeth

Iambic Pentameter Iamb: the first syllable is stressed and the second is unstressed Foot: every two syllables Pentameter is five feet in a line (10 syllables) It is the rhythm of the heart https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4kz-C7GryY 7:53-9:44

Group Work Worksheet Two-Literary Analysis: Blank Verse Worksheet One- Reading Strategy: Blank Verse

Extra Credit Homework Explain what iambic pentameter is and then demonstrate how to “mark it up” using the lines provided