Why are rhyme and rhythm essential in a poem? By what method does it develop a character in a story? In the poem, Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, the author, uses Rhyme and rhythm to evolve characters in the story. Rhyme and rhythm are the use of iambic pentameter with a correspond of sound between the words or the ending of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry. Rhyme and Rhythm, in Romeo and Juliet doesn’t just inform the characters’ social status, but interpret a brief story about the character’s life background.
Body Paragraphs: Rhyme and rhythm, in Romeo and Juliet help portray a character’s role in society just by the style the character’s use to communicate. In the beginning of the poem a Capulet servant comes to Romeo and asks “Good gi’ good e’en, I pray, sir, can you read” (1.2, 60). This is giving an indication that he is in low social class because of his low literacy level and he is using prose. He talks in prose, without rhyme and rhythm, which is giving a clarification that people in a higher social class will speech in a diverse way different from the lower classes. Another example, demonstrates two Montagues servants in the opening of the play having a simple conversion in prose, with no rhythm and rhyme. This points out that the community in Romeo and Juliet that speak
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Half way through the passage, Romeo expresses ‘If I profane with my unworthiest hand/This holy shrine, the gentler sin is this:/My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand/To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.”. Romeo, in this scene attempts and succeeds in kissing Juliet. This excerpt is applying blank verse which helps express romance and the affection he carries for Juliet. This has applied since Romeo is rich and in a high class, but not higher than the Prince, for that formulates a conclusion that Romeo is well educated, but not as fortunate as the