Prose and verse in Shakespeare You don't know what's prose and what's verse ? You really need us to understand ? Fine. FINE ! We will explain you.
Prose and verse are two different ways to write and speak in literature. They're both used by W. Shakespeare. Prose is the same way that you speak. You speak prose (Did you know it?). You know, prose is just a word for normal... For example, ordinary people speak in prose but Kings and Queens spoke in verse (too pretentious). There are rules but they are not as obvious and formal as the rules that you find in poetry. When you write in prose there is not any layout. When you speak in verse, it is different (unfortunately). Verse is poetry that has been given a particular rhythm. You use the same words in prose and in verse but you break the speech up into lines to make verses. At the beginning of each line the first letter is capitalised, and not just at the beginning of the sentence. But some modern poems don't respect this rule (OK, it is not as easy as it seemed)... But in Shakespeare's ones it is like that! Shakespeare used techniques to make his texts "pretty" (even if it doesn't seem to be...) Sometimes it makes it more dramatic (or not...). Shakespeare used verses to emphasize a very important part of the story. Much of Shakespeare's work is written in verse because he wanted his actors to speak in rhythmical poetry.
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