Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 15 AIL 1412 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Blank Verse and Its Breaks
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The idea
His plays run mainly on unrhymed iambic pentameter. A short line, a shared line between two speakers, or a rhyming couplet at a scene's end are all visible on the page and all carry meaning. The couplet usually marks an exit.
In practice
Short lines, shared lines, closing couplets.
Where people slip
A closing couplet marks an exit.
Your place on the trail
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