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What is Shakespeare's style of writing?

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Far more important to Shakespeare's writing style was the steady rhythm. "Iambic pentameter" refers to the technique of following an unstressed syllable with a stressed one (this pairing being called an "iamb" or "iambic foot") five times on each line ("pentameter"). read more

Shakespeare combined the two throughout his career, with Romeo and Juliet perhaps the best example of the mixing of the styles. By the time of Romeo and Juliet, Richard II, and A Midsummer Night's Dream in the mid-1590s, Shakespeare had begun to write a more natural poetry. read more

While writing such classics as A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet, and Richard II in the late 16th century, Shakespeare gradually developed and changed his writing style from the traditional form to a more self-expressive style. read more

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