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\nThe way Shakespeare wrote this by using iambic pentameter makes such soliloquy sound more poetic, and the stress in the last words provide a greater impact to the meaning of such words. Also, more rhythm is created when poems are written in iambic pentameter, and that is very important due to the fact that Shakespeare\u2019s poems are actually meant to be read out loud, and more melody is created when using such technique. If written in prose, this piece of art would definitely not have the same overall effect, and there would be a lack of organization and impact when dealing with the importance of words. Iambic pentameters allow a writer to play more with the grammar of sentences, so more uncommon words can be used and allow ore creativity and freedom so that metaphors can be easily created. When poems are written with only 10 syllables per line, feelings are described in a more expressive and efficient way; words are thoughtfully picked and it transmits a sense of elaboration and hard work when the poet was writing such piece of work. The sense of structure iambic pentameters provide to poems improve its look and appearance, and the connection between the last words of each line turn more obvious and more related as well. As Shakespeare wrote this soliloquy, he finished some of his lines with sun, moon, heaven, stars\u2026those are all heavenly words. He also finishes two sentences with the word envious and with the word green, which are related to each other since green is the color for envy. Poems with iambic pentameters provide more depth than other poems do since it makes the reader think more about the words that were carefully chosen by the poem, and makes the think why they were ordered in such way and how they connect with one another.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"36126180","dateCreated":"1300464747","smartDate":"Mar 18, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"ellagicacid","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/ellagicacid","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1343664898\/ellagicacid-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/36126180"},"dateDigested":1531973930,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"To be or not to be?","description":"To be or not to be
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\nThe real question we must ask ourselves; is it better to be living or better to be dead? Is it better to suffer the terrible blows of luck or fight against our troubles and end them once and for all? To die and sleep forever, to not have to suffer heartache or the shocks of nature any longer. To sleep, and maybe to dream. Ah, there\u2019s the catch. For what kinds of dreams will come to us while we sleep? This is what makes us pause, what makes us suffer so long in life, the fear of the nightmares that may come when we die. The only reason we ever bear the \u201cwhips and scorns of time\u201d, the pangs of \u201cdespised love\u201d, the oppressors and all the \u201cills\u201d of this life is the fear of the unknown. The only reason we carry on in this weary life is the dread that something even more terrible awaits you when you die. The undiscovered country of the dead, the place that no traveller every returns and makes us bear the suffering that comes with this life. The unknown makes cowards of us all and it is the fear of something worse that keeps us going on living.
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\nThe benefits of Shakespeare's iambic pentameter is that it sounds lovely and looks just as nice. A poem is not just about what it says or conveys, but also about how it looks, how it reads. Does it flow and fly off the tongue easily or is it choppy and difficult to plough through? Because of the natural stress on certain words, it sounds nicer when you read it out loud. It also give you the chance to make extra stress on a word that is particularly important. When you put a word at the end of an iambic pentameter, it jumps out at you and is especially stressed and impactful. It makes you think carefully and select the perfect words to end your lines with. It also makes the reader think harder about the poem that if they had written it in free verse; to make more connections inside the poem itself, to relate words or find opposites within, to try and understand why the author may have ended his line with a certain word.
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\nThere are drawbacks to his iambic pentameter too, though. It makes you cut out several words to get the syllables just right and therefore limits your vocabulary or word choice. There are a great many lovely, long words out there that cannot really fit into iambic pentameter because of the 10 syllable limit. When I describe something, its difficult to try to fit my description into a mold of ten syllables. When you write freely with no boundaries, your writing is more full and expressed. With the iambic pentameter you have to cut and measure and it can lose some of its detail and description when you do this.
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\nIn this case, Shakespeare reaps the benefits of iambic pentameter. The ends of all his lines highlight perfectly what Hamlet is trying to express. The confusing jumble or life or death. The suffering, the fortune, the troubles and questions. Two of the lines end with "life" and two with "sleep". The words perfectly compliment and contradict one another, highlighting the comparison that Hamlet makes of life and death. Suffer and fortune are placed right next to one another, along with troubles and sleep. The words seem to fight one another the same way Hamlet fights over which to choose.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"36105074","dateCreated":"1300431469","smartDate":"Mar 17, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"cecyrodriguez","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/cecyrodriguez","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/36105074"},"dateDigested":1531973930,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Romeo and Juliet act two scene two response","description":"Cecilia Rodriguez
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\nLight comes through the window. Juliet is the sun that appears and kills everyone with jealousy. When he says \u201cArise fair sun\u201d he refers to Juliet, as she should rise and invade the moons space with her own shining one. The moon is already green with envy anyways. Moon can refer to another side of her or something that has been with her, but now is being shunned off. Romeo whishes Juliet knew how much he loved her. She talks but yet she inst saying anything. Like her presence fills up enough, without having her to say anything. Her eyes are the one who say it. Romeo is too bold, and she is still not talking to him. The two lightest stars in all heaven, which I think he refers to Juliet\u2019s eyes. They go away for a moment and is asking that she twinkle instead. The brightness of her cheeks is bigger than those of the stars. like normal light is to lamp. The birds would sing and think about how she is the light, instead of the sun. Romeo looks as she places her hand on her cheek and wishes to be the glove on the hand, so he can be able to touch the cheek.
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\nA lot of body parts are involved in the description of Juliet, like her Cheeks and her eyes especially. The heavens and the skies are compared to her as if, she was bigger than them and they were no match for her. Light and eyes play an important role they seem to appear at the end of the phrases a lot. Communication is also very important, like how she is probably signaling him, but then not, how the birds sing, the way the moon is connected to her, and also her lack of communication with Romeo.\u201cshe speaks, yet she says nothing.\u201d The rhythm this soliloquy possesses is amazing, because it really stresses the same letters, but indifferent words and at different times. \u201cSpeaks, says, she, since, some, says, stars, spheres, shame, sing, soft, etc..\u201d The flow and stress is felt and very powerful, because when we now think of the stars and the heavens, we can connect to the eyes an the power of what she says. Shakespeare successfully talks through Romeo to make his feelings and seeing clear in a very beautiful, flowy, way. Metaphors are seen pretty much everywhere and part of understanding them, is to understand the other parts of the phrase as well. The order is changed sometimes, so the metaphor becomes more powerful, and gains depth. For example, He says that it is the east where Juliet is literally the sun that kills this moon, but it\u2019s not the actual moon, but something that is also part of her. And now this part is sick and grief as well as full with envy. It might not be part of her, it might be someone else, but by inferring that Juliet is the sun, the power of who she is, is suddenly known, and the decadence of the moon is portrayed, as an envious one will never succeed to be as powerful as she. Thanks to Shakespeare\u2019s iambic pentameter Metaphors are running everywhere and even though they are harder to unravel, they gain deepness and your imagination opens into many new directions, because its everywhere.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"36102694","dateCreated":"1300422744","smartDate":"Mar 17, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"eli-picado","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/eli-picado","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1283475869\/eli-picado-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/36102694"},"dateDigested":1531973930,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Romeo and Juliet Wiki Response","description":"Romeo and Juliet, Act II Scene II: What Light Through Yonder Window Breaks? (Spoken by Romeo)
\nRomeo deeply loves Juliet. And which could be a better way of bringing his love to life than a soliloquy? In it he declares to Juliet from below her window, his love for her. This is the scene where he speaks the famous phrase: \u201cBut, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?\u201d; before describing her beauty and his favorite traits of her. She shines like the sun, and with her light, she kills the jealous moon; which is sick and pale with intense sorrow because Juliet is more beautiful. But Juliet shouldn\u00b4t worry about the moon, because she is just jealous. Then, he gets sight of Juliet, and he expresses how much he wishes she was aware of how he loves her. He notices she is talking, but saying nothing at all. Yet, he doesn\u00b4t find it necessary, because she talks through her eyes. And he understands, and believes he is brave enough to answer. He believes her eyes exchanged places with twinkling stars of the sky; and even if this was true, he thinks the stars are no competition for her eyes, just like a lamp is no competition for the sun. If this was true, her eyes would shine so brightly in the sky, \u201cThat birds would sing and think it were not night.\u201d And when she leans her hand on her cheeks, he desperately wants to be her glove, just to touch her cheek.
\nRomeo\u00b4s soliloquy provides a romantic and passionate description of his love for Juliet. The text deeply connects and manipulates the readers\u00b4 feelings in a successful way. However, would this text be as powerful and intense as it is, if it was written in prose? Here is where one can notice the role of the iambic pentameter in Shakespeare\u00b4s works. The use of iambic pentameter achieves a more expressive writing than prose, especially when describing feelings. Why? Probably because prose is just common and doesn\u00b4t take as much effort to be wrote as the iambic pentameter does. Also, iambic pentameter not only provides a sense of order and structure to the text, but often a good appearance to it. A skin column of rhymed verses seems more personal and warm than a continued paragraph of sentences. This style of writing also provides the writer with a useful tool to highlight ideas, use more imagery and make almost imperceptible connections between words, ideas or concepts. Shakespeare finishes the fifth verse of the soliloquy with the word \u201cenvious\u201d, and he finishes the next line with the word \u201cgreen\u201d. This might lack meaning for readers, however when analyzing the reason why those specific words are written in those specific places, one can notice that the concept of envy is often related to green. The reason of this is uncertain, but this connection is unconsciously known for most readers. Because of this, it\u00b4s easier for the text to drag the image of how envious the moon is in to the readers imagination, achieving thus a more powerful effect on the reader. Tricks like this are only possible because of the use of iambic pentameter. Another advantage of iambic pentameter is that it gives a more melodious rhythm to the verses, what is really important in Shakespeare\u00b4s works since they are written specifically to be read out loud.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"36090388","dateCreated":"1300408195","smartDate":"Mar 17, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"luisuarez","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/luisuarez","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1302804674\/luisuarez-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/36090388"},"dateDigested":1531973930,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"As You Like It, Act 2, Scene 7: All the World\u2019s a Stage (Spoken by Jaque)","description":"As You Like It, Act 2, Scene 7: All the World\u2019s a Stage (Spoken by Jaque)
\nIn \u201cAS You Like It\u201d, Jacque tells this quote, this is a simple explication of his words. The world is a stage, and the humans inside it are actors. He defines life into seven different \u201cstages\u201d, or parts. The first, when he\u2019s born and dependent of other people to live. Next, as an infant, who is a whiny kid s a whiny kid in school, then he becomes a lover as a teenager. In the fourth stage, he\u2019s a soldier ready to fight anyone. Now in the next \u201cact\u201d he becomes a judge, In the sixth act, he becomes old and frivolous. Finally, in the seventh act, he \u201cIs second childishness and mere oblivion, Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything\u201d. In other words, the last scene is when he\u2019s a really old man, and he can\u2019t do anything. IN other words, his second childhood; for this stage is similar as the first one, helpless, and dependent of others
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\nWilliam Shakespeare, the author of \u201cAs You like It\u201d, and other great plays; uses a very different type of writing style and language. Shakespeare uses something called the Iambic Pentameter; and this is defined as ten syllables per line. Shakespeare uses ten syllables per line, and uses some techniques to implement this \u201cIambic Pentameter\u201d in his plays. He uses types of punctuation that takes one syllable, sometimes unites words together to have more or less syllables, all for the Iambic Pentameter. Shakespeare used rhythm in his plays for a reason; to give it a certain sound and beat to the reading. But in my personal opinion, I believe that rhythm isn\u2019t necessary to convey his thought. If something is written in a \u201cgood\u201d prose, the message conveyed will be even \u201cclearer\u201d or \u201cbetter\u201d than that of something written in rhythm, for sometimes Shakespeare complicates his works too much I believe in order to follow the Iambic Pentameter rules. If something is written in a good \u201crhythm\u201d, the message might be conveyed also good; but I think that such complications aren\u2019t needed in order to fully understand the thoughts of the author, Shakespeare in this case.
\nShakespeare could\u2019ve used a more \u201cmodern\u201d way of expressing his metaphors similes and still got the \u201csuccess\u201d he achieved in the \u201cold\u201d way. I think this, because writing his metaphors, and all figures of speech in a modern-way; still is as successful as if he were to write it in an \u201cold\u201d way. And this only depends, in the way that Shakespeare would\u2019ve expressed his metaphors in the \u201cmodern way\u201d. This would\u2019ve achieved a \u201cflowing style\u201d and this because his metaphors would\u2019ve been much more understood than right now. Even though many metaphors are present in his plays, due to the Iambic Pentameter it\u2019s difficult to truly understand the meaning of some metaphors. Therefore I believe that it\u2019s better for Shakespeare to write in a more \u201cmodern style\u201d because the metaphors themselves would\u2019ve been easier to understand. I truly believe that the use of Iambic Pentameter doesn\u2019t have a truly important function in the \u201cmessage of writing\u201d. Even though it brings rhythm, beauty, and order; this really isn\u2019t necessary to convey a message. And even worse, I believe that in a play, the use of Iambic Pentameter isn\u2019t really necessary, for it can confuse some readers.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"36060836","dateCreated":"1300381676","smartDate":"Mar 17, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"fabig1","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/fabig1","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1229012865\/fabig1-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/36060836"},"dateDigested":1531973930,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"As you like it","description":"As You Like It, Act 2, Scene 7: All the World\u2019s a Stage (Spoken by Jaque)
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\nThe way Shakespeare wrote all of his plays with so much structure and rigidness, did not help him portray the content that he wanted the reader to understand, it only was a different way of writing that he used to in order to show a different meaning to each of his poems, as well as make them stand out from the rest. I don\u2019t believe that if he hadn\u2019t written in the iambic pentameter method his writings would have not become so famous, several writers are famous today for their novels and poems even if they did not contain as much structure as Shakespeare did. I\u2019m not saying that the iambic pentameter is useless, it gives a sense of order and interest in the writing because everything fits in nicely and it sounds nice, but the content is the same if you don\u2019t use this method, so I don\u2019t think it is that important. I believe that the difficultness of understanding Shakespeare writing comes from the method that he used to write it in, skipping vowels, adding meanings to words, all just so that it fit the iambic pentameter. He complicated his work and makes it difficult for people to understand it and its true meaning. Also if he would have written in a more modern and free way, he would have showed the metaphors and similes much more in his plays because I have noticed none of these in the Shakespeare that we have read because they are to hidden behind the iambic pentameter.
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\nIn this part of the play, Shakespeare is trying to tell us that the world is merely a stage filled with humans that are actors. They live and die and have seven parts in their life. The first part is when you are useless in the world as an infant, peaking in the arms of whoever tends you. Then the next part is when you know nothing about the world and all you do is whine and have a smile in your face because of your lack of knowledge. Then there is a big gap and you arrive to when the person is in love and is writing poems about the woman he is in love. The fourth part is when you find honor in your country and are hated by the people outside of your country because you want to defend your country. Then he tells us how we risk in order to gain fame. The fifth act shows us how we are fat and easy to convince with all the bribes that we were given as well as know it alls. Then at the sixth stage we are helpless old men with the rest of the money that we have left from the past, safely guarded next to us. Then the last stage is when you become a child as a old man, being tended by anyone that is close to us.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"36046120","dateCreated":"1300370915","smartDate":"Mar 17, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"alabuda","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/alabuda","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/36046120"},"dateDigested":1531973930,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"\u201cWhat Light Through Yonder Window Breaks?\u201d","description":"The piece \u201cWhat Light Through Yonder Window Breaks?\u201d form Romeo and Juliet expresses Romeo\u2019s love to Juliet. He nicely compares Juliet to the sun, as she is lighting up his dull, dark life. Romeo also tells his loved one to kill the \u201cjealous moon\u201d with her shininess. He infers that the moon is sick of jealousy because Juliet is so much prettier that it is. Since Juliet is \u201cthe sun\u201d she shines much brighter than the moon. Romeo insists that Juliet should not be the sick moon\u2019s servant because she is so much brighter and better. Romeo also whispers about how he would love if she talked to him and how much he longs towards her. He is also comparing her eyes to two brightest, biggest starts that needed to go away for a while. Yet, he will not leave this place until they come back and light up his face again. He pretty much implies that her eyes are the stars from the heaven and her real eyes are in the stars\u2019 place up in the sky. When he sees Juliet putting her hand on her cheek as she watches him, he wishes to be that glove on her hand so he can touch her beautiful, light face.
\nThe iambic pentameter is a very time-taking, thoughtful and beautiful touch to Shakespeare\u2019s writing, especially in this piece. Not only the pentameter does sound and look nice but it just makes the words flow. The ten syllables structure gives a rhythm to the piece. Also, when we notice a shorter line like, \u201c\u201c\u2026That I might touch that cheek!\u201d we pay more attention to it because it is shorter for a reason. If the soliloquy was written is a normal prose style, we would have experienced such powerful feelings while reading it. Prose makes the piece look typical and unimportant. That\u2019s why most of the uneducated and smaller characters\u2019 lines in Shakespeare\u2019s plays are written in prose. Furthermore, the author must surely spend more time to link his ideas together while using the iambic pentameter; that\u2019s how all the metaphors and imagery comes up, \u201cArise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon \/ Who is already sick and pale with grief \/ That thou her maid art far more fair than she\u201d (lines 3, 4 and 5) the specific and to-the-point 10 syllables are must more effective than having it written in prose with 30 syllables talking about the same thing. Shakespeare was so effective because of the way he was writing. It is not an easy thing to write something so beautiful, meaningful, with 10 syllables per line and a nice rhythm all at the same time. He had to cut some syllables; even make some brand new word. Isn\u2019t this considered an unspeakably amazing writing?","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"36063526","body":"Avi,
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\nI would like you to go back and proofread this... there seem to be many careless mistakes.
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\n1)What's a better word for 'shininess'? (One option was a vocabulary word).
\n2) You say "He infers that the moon is sick of jealousy..." Is infer really the best word choice here?
\n3) "Time-taking"? What is a better word here?
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\nThanks,
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\nWhy did Shakespeare write the way he did? This is a question that many people have asked themselves. Could he have made the same point, without following rigid styles? Well, in my opinion, he probably could have made his point without the strict guidelines, but they wouldn\u2019t have had the same meaning. His poems would have probably been part of the rest and not of the few.
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\nSticking to guidelines as Shakespeare did, adds a certain sense of structure to poetry. He wrote using iambic pentameter, which can be defined as a type of meter in poetry, in which there are five iambs to a line. An iamb is a set of stressed and unstressed pair of syllables. By using iambs, Shakespeare was giving a uniform his poetry a uniform structure. He used this system of stressed and unstressed words in order to make certain words stand out when they are being pronounced. As a result, he could have made his point without going through all this trouble, but it wouldn\u2019t have been the same. This would have been the case, because this sense of order, and the way words are strategically placed, adds to the meaning. For example, instead of saying \u201cThe sixth age shifts
\nInto the lean and slippered pantaloons;\u201d the autheor could have simply said, in the next stage of his life, his roles are more complex. These two sentences might express the same idea, but it is the way that the first one is expressed, that makes it the clear winner.
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\nWhen you have 10 syllables in every line, or make the last words of every sentence rhyme, you give the poem a sense of symmetry. When you are reading the poem out loud, the way that you are stating every 10-syllable verse is significant. This way, as you are saying it, it will sound better to your ears mainly because of the sense of symmetry, and the uniform structure that is being followed. Consequently, the ideas are expressed in a direct and pleasurable way, because you are enjoying what you are hearing or reading to.
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\nThe consistency in the rhyming of the poems is also another reason of why Shakespeare transmits his ideas in such a good way. Usually, when you are reading, you are most likely to remember the last word of a sentence or verse, rather than a word that is found in the middle. This is in general, because sometimes there might be a word in the center that really captivates your attention. By using this type of rhyming, Shakespeare is able to emphasize the meaning of the whole verse into that last word. Then, he is also able to associate that word with the other words that rhyme with it, or are found at the end of each verse. Hence, the meaning of the whole poem is transmitted in a much better way, because you are remembering the words that are generally the most important to the whole poem. This is a result of the rhyming that Shakespeare used in his poems.
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\nShakespeare could have expressed his ideas using far less rigid structures, but the way that they would have been expressed, and the way that they affect the reader would have been much different.
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\nAs You Like It, Act 2, Scene 7: All the World\u2019s a Stage (Spoken by Jaque)
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\nHe compares the world to a stage, and that people are just merely actors. These actors enter and exit the scene, when they need to. A person throughout his lifetime plays many roles. First, he is an infant. Secondly, he is a \u201cschoolboy,\u201d who refuses to go to school. Then, he plays the role of a lover, and tries to win the heart of the girl he likes. Next, he is the type of person that would resemble a soldier. Great agility, and a large amount of confidence is characteristic of this person. Then, he plays the role of justice. He is wise at making decisions. Then, he enters the workforce, and his whole attitude changes. And finally, he must end his story on the Earth.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"36062882","body":"Great Jose,
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\nVery original.. I especially like the introduction... really catches the reader's interest. You don't need to change anything, but in general, avoid using 'I' or other similar pronouns in academic writing. Also, make sure that you proofread a but more thoroughly... there are quite a few mistakes here that could have been avoided.
\nI especially like that you recognized that Shakespeare is meant to be read aloud, that it is an oral art.... this is something that no one else has mentioned yet.
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\nThanks,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1300382761","smartDate":"Mar 17, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"36028778","dateCreated":"1300335725","smartDate":"Mar 16, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"gmurphy3","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/gmurphy3","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/36028778"},"dateDigested":1531973931,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"As You Like It","description":"As You Like It, Act 2, Scene 7: All the World\u2019s a Stage
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\nThe world is like a stage, and all the people in it are actors. Everyone has his or her exits and entrances. A man plays many different parts in his lifetime and his life is played out in seven main acts. In the first act he is a baby crying in his nurse\u2019s arms. Then he grows to be a whining schoolboy with a shining young face, slowly and reluctantly walking to school. After that he becomes a lover, sighing like a furnace while writing heartbreaking poems about his mistress. Then he becomes a soldier who makes strange promises and has a beard like a leopard. He wants to defend his honor and he is quick to argue. Wanting a reputation that is hard to get, he will put himself in front of a cannon. In the next act, he is a judge with a fat belly, harsh eyes, and a formal beard. He becomes wise and up to date. In the sixth act, he becomes a thin man wearing slippers and spectacles. He has become smaller than he used to be, his manly voice has turned childish once again and he whistles when he speaks. In the last scene of his eventful life, he becomes a child again. But this time, he is without teeth, sight, or taste.
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\nThis poem from Shakespeare\u2019s \u201cAs You Like It\u201d is about a person\u2019s life and the many stages that everyone goes through. He uses a stage as a metaphor to describe life and its many elements. Our lives are split up into different acts, much like a play. In the beginning we are just babies, but as we grow, we become more aware of the world around us and who we are, just like characters in a play.
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\nThe use of Iambic Pentameter in this poem is extremely important to the message that the poem is conveying. Iambic Pentameter puts an emphasis on the last word in every line, which gives the reader an idea of the point that the author is trying to get across. One will find that these poems, if studied and analyzed, have deep connections between lines and that the main idea is subtly mentioned throughout. For example, in this poem from \u201cAs You Like It,\u201d the theme is different stages of life. It is hinted at because all the stages of life that are mentioned fall at the last word of the line. Infant, lover, soldier, and justice (meaning judge) are all at the end of their lines, bringing the extra attention to these words. Since this is a poem, it is meant for people to read it aloud. The ten syllable lines and the flow of the writing make the poem very smooth and readable. I don\u2019t think the Iambic Pentameter style is unnecessarily excessive because it shows that this is not ordinary writing. He works metaphors and similes into his writing in a very poetic way. The lines \u201ccreeping like a snail\u201d (line 8) and \u201csighing like a furnace\u201d (line 10) add to the overall affect of the writing. Of course, Shakespeare could have easily said the same thing in a more \u201cmodern\u201d style, but it would not have had the same affect and long lasting impression as the expressive iambic pentameter in this poem does.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"36055850","body":"Grace,
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\nIs it best to describe this excerpt from "As You Like It" as a 'poem'? What might be a better fit?
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\nI appreciate that you included examples t o make your point...
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\nAnother thing though... why do you capitalize 'iambic pentameter' throughout your response?
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\nThanks,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1300378207","smartDate":"Mar 17, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"36104760","body":"This excerpt should be described as a monologue, since it is spoken by one person and is not written in a true poem form.
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\nAnd I didn't realize that I had capitalized 'iambic pentameter'! I wont do that next time :)","dateCreated":"1300430383","smartDate":"Mar 17, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"gmurphy3","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/gmurphy3","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"36023724","dateCreated":"1300327225","smartDate":"Mar 16, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"mariangel94","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/mariangel94","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/36023724"},"dateDigested":1531973931,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"All the World's a Stage","description":"As You Like It, Act 2, Scene 7: All the World\u2019s a Stage (Spoken by Jaques)
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\nLife is just like a play, and the people living it are merely actors playing varied roles at seven different acts, or stages of their lives. In the fist act, these are small babies, crying and vomiting in their caretaker\u2019s arms. These soon become whiny children with book bags hanging from their backs that refuse going to school and do so sluggishly, yet their faces are still bright and youthful. Then come the lovers, here the actors play the role of the sighing teenagers who write poems of even their mistress\u2019 eyebrows. In the fourth act, they become brave soldiers, good at fighting, willing to put their lives at risk to gain an honorable reputation. The soldiers then give path to the judges in the next act. These are now men with fat bellies, used to taking bribes, with more serious haircuts and full of wisdom acquired over time. By the sixth act the actors have become skinny old men who wear glasses, slippers and fit loosely in the pants they wore years back. The curious play then reaches an end in the seventh act when the protagonists enter their second childhood lacking teeth, sight, taste, and everything else.
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\nThis soliloquy transmits Jaques\u2019 thoughts to the viewer, and the use of iambic pentameter allows the reader to identify much more strongly to his ideas due to the rhythmic character of the piece and the emphasis it give to certain ideas. The ten-syllable verses give the piece a rhythm that allows us to focus on the last word of every verse since a short pause usually follows it. This pause makes the preceding word stand out, allowing the writer to emphasize some ideas through these words. The first four verses end with the words \u201cstage\u201d, \u201cplayers\u201d, \u201centrances\u201d, and \u201cparts\u201d, this feature heightens the importance of the theatrical metaphor, and produces a larger impact within the reader than to state the idea in meter-less prose. As the poem continues, often the act or stage of life described is presented to us in the last word of a verse and the ending words of the following verse or verses are all descriptive features pertaining to that age. The \u201cinfant\u201d stage is presented in the last word of the fifth line and it is followed by \u201carms\u201d in the sixth, just like \u201clover\u201d followed by \u201cballad\u201d, and \u201csoldier\u201d described by \u201cpard\u201d, \u201cquarrel\u201d, and \u201creputation\u201d later on in the poem. Non-explicit connections between the words can instill and evoke more imagery in the reader\u2019s mind, creating a deeper impact within the reader, even if they are unconscious of it. This makes the use of iambic pentameter much more effective and evocative than regular prose. Also, the melodic quality of the ten-meter verses can be appreciated rather evidently when read out loud and this, just like a song does, creates a deeper relation to Jacques\u2019 thoughts making it easier to identify with the character.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"36055336","body":"Well-done, Mariangel,
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\nYou supported your reasoning well... one thing... you write, "whiny children with book bags hanging from their backs that refuse going to school". What is the mistake here? Get back to me...
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\nThanks,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1300377737","smartDate":"Mar 17, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"36125956","body":"In the sentence it seems as if the "backs" are what "refuse going to school".
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\nRevised:
\n"whiny children with book bags hanging from their backs, refusing to go to school do so sluggishly..."","dateCreated":"1300464473","smartDate":"Mar 18, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"mariangel94","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/mariangel94","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]}],"more":true},"comments":[]},"http":{"code":200,"status":"OK"},"redirectUrl":null,"javascript":null,"notices":{"warning":[],"error":[],"info":[],"success":[]}}