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ENG1DB Poetry Analysis Unit: Examining DRAMATIC Poetry Dramatic poetry occurs in a dramatic work, such as a play, composed in poetic form. It can also be defined as any drama written in verse to be spoken aloud (usually onstage in a theatrical setting). The origin of the tradition of dramatic poetry extends all the way back to Ancient Greece. The English Renaissance saw the height of dramatic verse in the English-speaking world, with playwrights such as Ben Jonson, Christopher Marlowe, and William Shakespeare, developing new techniques, both for dramatic structure and poetic form. Though a few plays, such as A Midsummer Night's Dream, feature extended passages of rhymed verse, the majority of dramatic verse is composed as blank verse (poetry that does not follow a consistent rhyme scheme). A dramatic monologue can also be characterized as dramatic poetry. How Can You Identify a Dramatic Poem? 1. Implied Tone The tone (the poet’s feelings toward the subject) is implied (unlike in lyric poetry) 2. Point of View Spoken by a character invented by the poet rather than by the poet themselves or an unnamed speaker Characters usually talk to a second implied character (in the form of dialogue spoken aloud) The speaker has a goal of affecting the listener in a specific way (to teach a lesson perhaps) 3. Focus Dramatic action that the reader/audience can visualize Communicates theme through a specific character’s conflict, speech, and action 4. Structure Written in poetic verse complete with a distinct rhythm (iambic pentameter for example) An Example of Dramatic Poetry: The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare SHYLOCK There I have another bad match: a bankrupt, a prodigal, who dare scarce show his head on the Rialto; a beggar, that was used to come so smug upon the mart; let him look to his bond: he was wont to call me usurer; let him look to his bond: he was wont to lend money for a Christian courtesy; let him look to his bond. SALARINO Why, I am sure, if he forfeit, thou wilt not take his flesh: what's that good for? SHYLOCK To bait fish withal: if it will feed nothing else, it will feed my revenge. He hath disgraced me, and hindered me half a million; laughed at my losses, mocked at my gains, scorned my nation, thwarted my bargains, cooled my friends, heated mine enemies; and what's his reason? I am a Jew. Hath not a Jew eyes? hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions? fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by the same means, warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer, as a Christian is? If you prick us, do we not bleed? if you tickle us, do we not laugh? if you poison us, do we not die? and if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that. If a Jew wrong a Christian, what is his humility? Revenge. If a Christian wrong a Jew, what should his sufferance be by Christian example? Why, revenge. The villany you teach me, I will execute, and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction. Thinking Questions: Please answer the following poetry analysis questions in complete sentences on a separate sheet of lined paper. 1. What is this dramatic poem is about? 2. Identify and explain the tone of this poem. Include a direct quotation from the poem to support your observations. Analyze the effectiveness of the tone. 3. Identify and explain the theme of this poem. Include a direct quotation from the poem to support your observations. 4. Identify and explain the purpose and effect of two literary or poetic devices (examples of figurative language) used in this poem. Include two direct quotations from the poem to support your observations. 5. What important lesson is the primary character (Shylock) attempting to teach the reader/audience? Explain thoughtfully and in detail.