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Prose vs. Verse
Language
Act 1,
Scene 5
Lines 29b-

A discussion of the writing style (Prose vs. Verse) in myShakespeare's Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 5.

Notice that Macbeth's letter to his wife is written in normal prose, while Lady Macbeth's dialogue is written in iambic pentameter blank verse. This poetic dialogue is indicated by capitalizing the first word in each sentence.