1. English 8 & 8 Accelerated Mr. Laurich
Blank Verse
English 8 & 8 Accelerated
Mr. Laurich

2. Quick Write
Have you ever read or heard something that had two meanings? Have you ever told someone something that had a double meaning? What happened?

3. Blank Verse Based on Italian literature
Used to translate epics (Odyssey) into English
Invented by Henry Howard
Howard translated The Aeneid into English

4. Blank Verse
Became popular with playwrights such as:
Shakespeare (double duh)
Christopher Marlowe
John Milton
Popular because it closely matched natural speech patterns and rhythms
Not used much in present day

5. Answer The Following What country 1st developed blank verse?
What was it 1st used for?
Who invented blank verse in English?
What epic did he translate?
What famous playwrights used it?
Why was it popular?
Is it still popular today?

6. Christopher Marlowe · Tamburlaine the Great (Part I, Act V, 160-173)
What is beauty, saith my sufferings, then?
If all the pens that ever poets held
Had fed the feeling of their masters' thoughts,
And every sweetness that inspir'd their hearts,
Their minds, and muses on admired themes;
If all the heavenly quintessence they still
From their immortal flowers of poesy,
Wherein, as in a mirror, we perceive
The highest reaches of a human wit;
If these had made one poem's period,
And all combin'd in beauty's worthiness,
Yet should their hover in their restless heads
One thought, one grace, one wonder, at the least,
Which into words no virtue can digest.
Why do you think he used the term poets?
What do you think he is saying about beauty?
What did you think of the rhythm Marlowe created in this excerpt?

7. TICKET OUT THE DOOR
Why do you think Shakespeare repeated the terms honor and ambition so many times?
Be sure to write down the question and answer it using complete sentences.