The Tragedy of King Richard IIRalph, Holland & Company, 1903 - 139 pages |
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... rhyme in the play , the general regu- larity of the line , and the infrequent occurrence of run - on lines show it to be one of Shakespeare's earliest works . ( ii . ) The absence of prose and of any trace of humour places it in time ...
... rhyme in the play , the general regu- larity of the line , and the infrequent occurrence of run - on lines show it to be one of Shakespeare's earliest works . ( ii . ) The absence of prose and of any trace of humour places it in time ...
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... an excessive number of these rhymed lines . The rhyme is usually consecutive , but here and there a quatrain of alternate rhyme is used , e.g. , II . i . 9-12 In most of Shakespeare's plays rhyme is never used without RICHARD IT .
... an excessive number of these rhymed lines . The rhyme is usually consecutive , but here and there a quatrain of alternate rhyme is used , e.g. , II . i . 9-12 In most of Shakespeare's plays rhyme is never used without RICHARD IT .
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William Shakespeare. In most of Shakespeare's plays rhyme is never used without special reason , but in this play it is used almost indifferently The amount of rhyme is one of the main with blank verse . reasons for giving the play a ...
William Shakespeare. In most of Shakespeare's plays rhyme is never used without special reason , but in this play it is used almost indifferently The amount of rhyme is one of the main with blank verse . reasons for giving the play a ...
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... rhyme con- secutively , probably to increase the expressions of contempt and scorn . 43. aggravate the note , heap up the charge . 45. so please , so it please my Sovereign . Please is subjunctive . The impersonal pronoun it is fre ...
... rhyme con- secutively , probably to increase the expressions of contempt and scorn . 43. aggravate the note , heap up the charge . 45. so please , so it please my Sovereign . Please is subjunctive . The impersonal pronoun it is fre ...
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... rhyme to end the speech . 153. Let's purge ... letting blood , let us drive away these angry thoughts without shed- ding blood . An allusion to the old practice of letting blood or cupping . Choler is from Gr . chole bile . -- 154 , 155 ...
... rhyme to end the speech . 153. Let's purge ... letting blood , let us drive away these angry thoughts without shed- ding blood . An allusion to the old practice of letting blood or cupping . Choler is from Gr . chole bile . -- 154 , 155 ...
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accent adjective arms Bagot banish'd banishment Bishop of Carlisle blood Boling Bolingbroke breath Bushy Calais castle cousin crown dear deposed dost doth doublet Duch Duchess Duke of Aumerle Duke of Hereford Duke of Lancaster Duke of Norfolk Duke of York Earl of Wiltshire earth England English Enter Exeunt Exton fair false farewell fear Fitzwater gage give Gloucester Gloucester's death grace Green grief hand hast hath heart heaven hendiadys hither Holinshed honour horse hypallage John of Gaunt King Richard king's land liege live London Lord Marshal Lords appellants majesty meaning noble North Northumberland pardon Parliament peace Percy play prince pronounced Queen realm rhyme Rich Ross royal Salisbury Scand SCENE Scroop Shakespeare shame sorrow soul sovereign speak Surrey syllable synecdoche tears thee Thomas Mowbray thou art tongue traitor treason trochee uncle unto verb weeping words