A Midsummer Night’s Dream Group

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danza007
danza007
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College - Senior

Having trouble with meter and how to spot where it changes in Midsummers Night Dream.

I am Having trouble reading Titanias Meter where she first meets Bottom (the whole scene but only Titania). I am having trouble locating if and where it changes from Iambic Pentameter

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Posted by danza007 on Sunday March 22, 2009 at 7:36 PM and tagged with change, meter.

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  1. goreadabook Teacher
    High School - 10th Grade

    You will notice a change of meter when moving in between the human world and the fairy world.  Scenes that include the human characters are written in iambic pentameter and occasionally have rhyming lines.  This denotes a sense of structure within their world.  Scenes that include the faries and other fantasy creatures are written in free verse, meaning they have no identifiable meter or rhyme scheme.  This denotes a sense of chaos and mystery within this world.  Shakespeare uses syntactical elements to differentiate between the two worlds and offer an obvious shift between them for the reader.

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    http://www.enotes.com/midsummer-nights-dream

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    Posted by goreadabook on Saturday June 6, 2009 at 10:20 PM