Style

King Lear

by William Shakespeare

King Lear: Style 1 key example

Read our modern English translation.
Act 4, scene 6
Explanation and Analysis:

Typical of many works of Shakespeare, King Lear is written in a combination of prose and "blank" verse, or unrhymed iambic pentameter. The opening of the play is prose, and then the verse begins with Lear’s arrival in line 32 of Act 1, Scene 1. From there, the style shifts according to who's speaking and the gravity of what they're saying.