Macbeth – Poetic Devices
Act I
Prose
(ordinary
speech).
Spoken by:
Children
Servant
Class
Insane
characters
Examples & Effect
Iambic
Pentameter
(10 syllable
line with 5
iambs) –
Unstressed
Stressed
da DUM
Examples & Effect
Find one example here:
Servants:
This is the rhythm of the play. It helped the
actors remember their lines and kept the
audience involved. They knew what kind of
character was on the stage simply by listening
to their speech! Find one line containing it
and write it here:
Rhyming
Couplets with
8 beats
(2 successive
lines of verse of
which the final
words rhyme)
Examples & Effect
Heroic
Couplets
10 beats
(when 2 lines of
rhyming couplet
are in iambic
pentameter)
Examples & Effect
Capping
Couplet (a
single rhymed
couplet at the
end of a speech
or scene in
blank verse.)
Examples & Effect
Find one example:
The witches:
Find one of each of these:
Foreshadowing:
Beginnings of scenes:
da DUM/da DUM/da DUM/da DUM/da DUM
_____/_____/_____/_____/______
Blank Verse
(unrhymed
iambic
pentameter)
Examples & Effect
Find one example and write it here:
Important characters:
Find one of each of these:
Ending of scenes :
Ending of speech:
Macbeth – Poetic Devices
Act 2
Prose
(ordinary
speech).
Examples & Effect
Rhyming
Couplets with
8 beats
(2 successive
lines of verse of
which the final
words rhyme)
Examples & Effect
Iambic
Pentameter
(10 syllable
line with 5
iambs) –
Unstressed
Stressed
da DUM
Examples & Effect
Heroic
Examples & Effect
Couplets
10 beats
(when 2 lines of
rhyming couplet
are in iambic
pentameter)
Blank Verse
(unrhymed
iambic
pentameter)
Examples & Effect
Capping
Couplet (a
single rhymed
couplet at the
end of a speech
or scene in
blank verse.)
Examples & Effect
Macbeth – Poetic Devices
Act 3
Prose
(ordinary
speech).
Examples & Effect
Rhyming
Couplets with
8 beats
(2 successive
lines of verse of
which the final
words rhyme)
Iambic
Pentameter
(10 syllable
line with 5
iambs) –
Unstressed
Stressed
da DUM
Examples & Effect
Heroic
Examples & Effect
Couplets
10 beats
(when 2 lines of
rhyming couplet
are in iambic
pentameter)
Blank Verse
(unrhymed
iambic
pentameter)
Examples & Effect
Capping
Couplet (a
single rhymed
couplet at the
end of a speech
or scene in
blank verse.)
Examples & Effect
Examples & Effect
Macbeth – Poetic Devices
Act 4
Prose
(ordinary
speech).
Examples & Effect
Rhyming
Couplets with
8 beats
(2 successive
lines of verse of
which the final
words rhyme)
Examples & Effect
Iambic
Pentameter
(10 syllable
line with 5
iambs) –
Unstressed
Stressed
da DUM
Examples & Effect
Heroic
Examples & Effect
Couplets
10 beats
(when 2 lines of
rhyming couplet
are in iambic
pentameter)
Blank Verse
(unrhymed
iambic
pentameter)
Examples & Effect
Capping
Couplet (a
single rhymed
couplet at the
end of a speech
or scene in
blank verse.)
Examples & Effect
Macbeth – Poetic Devices
Act 5
Prose
(ordinary
speech).
Examples & Effect
Rhyming
Couplets
with 8 beats
(2 successive
lines of verse
of which the
final words
rhyme)
Examples & Effect
Iambic
Pentameter
(10 syllable
line with 5
iambs) –
Unstressed
Stressed
da DUM
Examples & Effect
Heroic
Couplets
(when 2 lines
of rhyming
couplet are in
iambic
pentameter)
Examples & Effect
Blank Verse
(unrhymed
iambic
pentameter)
Examples & Effect
Capping
Couplet (a
single rhymed
couplet at the
end of a
speech or
scene in blank
verse.)
Examples & Effect