AQA GCSE English Literature · 8702
Paper 1, Paper 2
Unrhymed verse usually written in iambic pentameter: five pairs of syllables, typically moving from an unstressed to a stressed beat.
Revise: Act 1Much of the witches’ verse uses a strong, falling rhythm associated with trochaic beats: a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one. This differs from the predominantly rising rhythm of the human characters’ blank verse. Their speech sounds like a ritual rather than ordinary conversation.
- Revise: Act 2
Unrhymed verse usually written in iambic pentameter: five pairs of syllables, normally moving from an unstressed syllable to a stressed one.