'Pentameter' presentation slideshows

British Poetry

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Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll

Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll. One, two! One, two! And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back. "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock ? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh ! Callay !'

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Nick Bottom

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MACBETH

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Ballad and Sonnet Poems

Ballad and Sonnet Poems. Ballad Characteristics. Ballads tell of an event. They were often used to spread the news, provide entertainment, or create a "bigger than real life" story. Ballads (continued). repetition often found in ballads entire stanzas can be repeated like a song's chorus

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bellringer

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Plutarch describes Lupercal

Plutarch describes Lupercal.

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IAMBIC PENTAMETER

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Prologue

Prologue. Romeo & Juliet. Poetry. Rhythm & Rhyme Meter: a set pattern of rhythm /: stressed syllable U: unstressed syllable u/: iamb (two syllables) Pentameter: five Iambic pentameter: 10 syllables U/ U/ U/ U/ U/. SONNET: 14 lines. Shakespearean / English Sonnet 3 quatrains

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