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Poetic Sense In Shakespeare's Text
We have arrived at the letter "D" in the search for the encycopaedic mind of "William Shakespeare" and it would seem 'much further to go'. But within Shakespeare’s accomplished literary toolbox we also find the use of Diacope (di-a'-co-pee) which is the close repetition of words broken by one or two intervening words:
“Done like a Frenchman: turn and turn again.” Henry VI Pt. 1, 3.3.17.
Dia...
Tuesday 9th April 2024 10:59 am
Shakespeare's Prosody
Whoever “Shakespeare” was, it is quite clear from the linguistic cornucopia in the plays and poetry that he must have been a living, walking encyclopaedia on the subject of Greek and Roman prosody. Nearly every play and poem attributed to “Shakespeare” has a vast number of literary and rhetorical techniques, some rare, some extremely obscure and others which would require a classical education in ...
Saturday 16th March 2024 10:42 am
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