In both the play and the poetry, iambic pentameter provides an underlying rhythm. When emotional states become extreme, this rhythm is often undermined, frequently through the Adsense of the final stressed syllable. This interrupts the flow of the characters speech, or the verse, which provides to the reader and audience a clear signal to their emotional distress.
Lambic pentameter
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Hi Albert,
This is what I gave you on the board. I’d be interested in reading what you can do with it – what should come next in this paragraph?
Mr Waugh
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