Excerpt from Act 4, Scene 6 of King Lear
EDGAR: O indistinguish'd space of woman's will!
A plot upon her virtuous husband's life,
And the exchange my brother! Here in the sands
Thee I'll rake up, the post unsanctified
Of murtherous lechers; and in the mature time
With this ungracious paper strike the sight
Of the death-practis'd Duke, For him 'tis well
That of thy death and business I can tell.
Which statement best describes Shakespeare choice of words in the passage?
Which statement correctly describes the following lines?
"Of the death-practis'd Duke, For him 'tis well / That of thy death and business I can tell."
(1 point)
A. They are a couplet.
B. They are part of a ballad.
C. They are written as prose.
D. They are written as free verse.
E. They are spoken in an adopted dialect.
1 answer