While the notes on the stave go up and down to indicate pitch, we also read from left to right, and that’s the element which relates to rhythm. When writing notes on a stave, we are able to use ...

Read the lines from these two Shakespeare plays aloud. Can you hear the rhythm as you say it? Which one is iambic and which is trochaic? Different rhythms can have different effects on a reader.

Read the lines from these two Shakespeare plays aloud. Can you hear the rhythm as you say it? Which one is iambic and which is trochaic? Different rhythms can have different effects on a reader.