Thinking Shakespeare (Revised Edition) by Barry Edelstein

Author:Barry Edelstein
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781559368902
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
Published: 2018-05-29T00:00:00+00:00

As many arrows, loosed several ways,

•Looséd.

Come to one mark, as many ways meet in one town,

•A trochee starts the line, but the monosyllables do a great job of spreading the stress out across the rest of it, slowing Canterbury down and underlining his point as he approaches the climax of the speech.

As many fresh streams meet in one salt sea,

As many lines close in the dial’s center,

So may a thousand actions once afoot

End in one purpose, and be all well borne

•More powerful monosyllables:

fresh. streams. meet. in. one. salt. sea

lines. close. in. the. dial’s. cent(er)—feminine ending

end. in. one . . . and. be. all. well. borne

The polysyllabic words (“thousand,” “actions,” “afoot,” “purpose”) contrast against these monosyllables and gain special prominence as a result.

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