5) In the following passage from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, what metrical line is being observed? "Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;" A) Old English B) Iambic Pentameter C) Groundlings D) Alliteration
5) In the following passage from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, what metrical line is being observed? "Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;" A) Old English B) Iambic Pentameter C) Groundlings D) Alliteration
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Transcribed Image Text:5) In the following passage from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet,
what metrical line is being observed?
"Two households, both alike in dignity,
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;"
A) Old English
B) Iambic Pentameter
C) Groundlings
D) Alliteration
