FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
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Question
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In Shakespeare’s plays, when is rhyme often used?
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When ghosts speak
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When characters speak naturally
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When a lower class character speaks
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When the play necessitates ritualistic, choral, and sensuous effect
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Iambic pentameter is the name given to the rhythm that Shakespeare uses in his plays. The rhythm of iambic pentameter is like a heartbeat, with one soft beat and one strong beat repeated five times.
Detailed explanation-2: -Rhyming couplets are two lines written in iambic pentameter that end in the same sound, or a rhyme. They are often used to sum up the end of a character’s speech.
Detailed explanation-3: -William Shakespeare famously used iambic pentameter in his plays and sonnets, John Milton in his Paradise Lost, and William Wordsworth in The Prelude. As lines in iambic pentameter usually contain ten syllables, it is considered a form of decasyllabic verse.
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