Question

Read the excerpt from William Shakespeare’s Hamlet.

Answer 1

To be, or not to be, that is the question:
Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to, ’tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish’d. To die, to sleep;
To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub;
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause: there's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life;

This excerpt is an example of
blank verse.
free verse.
heroic couplet.
common meter.

Answer 2

First of all, can you define each choices for me?
then we'll analyze which one is the best choice after you done that.

Answer 3

suregive me a min

Answer 4

blank verse is verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameter.

Answer 5

sorry thats all I know

Answer 6

I know its not a free verse

Answer 7

hmm..this it'll be hard, let's try do the elimination method

blank verse: is verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameter.
so does this soliloquy have a rhyme?

free verse: poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter.
you said this is not the one, can you tell me why?

heroic couplet: a stanza consisting of two rhyming lines in iambic pentameter, especially one forming a rhetorical unit and written in an elevated style.
for this we have to check whether there are lines that rhymes.

common meter: a ballad stanza of four iambic lines and strict rhymes, often used in hymns, rhyming abcb or abab.
this is already out because, the speech is not arranged in stanzas.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

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Answer 10

so its heroic couplet?

Answer 11

probably, that's what I'm thinking too but we have to make sure
that the rest of the choices are not right

Answer 12

ok then its a blank verse.

Answer 13

well you have to justify why it is the right one.

Answer 14

because It doesn't rhyme

Answer 15

valid reason :)

so why it is not a free verse then?

Answer 16

uhm because it doesn't rhyme.

Answer 17

so you mean free verse has a rhyme? ? !

Answer 18

no

Answer 19

so why this one isn't a free verse but it is a blank verse?

Answer 20

hint: remember the 'iambic pentameter'

Answer 21

yeah Its a blank verse then.

Answer 22

:)

keep in my mind that a free verse does not follow any metric pattern, while blank verse follows the iambic pentameter. Most of Shakespeare's plays usually follow a metrical pattern.

Answer 23

do you understand now?

Answer 24

yes I got it thank you.

Answer 25

np :)