Romeo and Juliet - Study Notes

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Romeo and Juliet
Prologue
The prologue is written in the form of a sonnet. A sonnet is a 14 line lyric poem with an iambic pentameter rhythm and a set rhyme scheme.
Rhyme
The rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet divides the poem into 3 quatrains and a rhyming couplet. The thought of the poem follows this division.
Quatrain 1
dignity- A
scene- B
mutiny- A
unclean- A
Quatrain 2
foes- C
life- D
over throw- C
strife- D
Quatrain 3
love- E
rage- F
remove- E
stage- F
Rhyming couplet
attend- G
mend- G
Act One
Scene One
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