Did People Really Talk Like That? Shakespeare's Language

Session 1 of four on Shakespeare's Language: 
What is poetry for?
Is it Verse or Prose?
Rhetorical devices rooted in meaning: Metaphor and Simile. 

To come: 
Session 2: rhetorical devices rooted in sound: Onomatopoeia, Meter, and Rhythm.
Session 3; repetition of sounds; rhetorical devices rooted in structure.
Session 4: variation in speech; "Did Shakespeare's audience get it all?"

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