I always have a somewhat hard time reading Shakespeare. Not because of the language or anything, I’m good with that, but in my head I really get going with the iambic pentameter and so my brain is like “buh-DUM buh-DUM buh-DUM buh-DUM buh-DUM” with the syllables, to the point of not really even following what it actually says.
I always have a somewhat hard time reading Shakespeare. Not because of the language or anything, I’m good with that, but in my head I really get going with the iambic pentameter and so my brain is like “buh-DUM buh-DUM buh-DUM buh-DUM buh-DUM” with the syllables, to the point of not really even following what it actually says.
Oh I never thought about it, but I have that too! The meter becomes distracting after a while. Like it’s more percussive than melodic.