He said or she said:
“Boldness be my friend.”
1. Lady Macbeth in MACBETH.
2. Iachimo in CYMBELINE.
3. Juliet in ROMEO AND JULIET.
Quiz #139 answer: 1
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Shakespeare’s Single-line Quiz #139
He said or she said:
“There’s small choice in rotten apples.”
1. Hortensio in THE TAMING OF THE SHREW.
2. Celia in AS YOU LIKE IT.
3. Maria in LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST.
Quiz #138 answer: 3
Shakespeare’s Single-line Quiz #138
He said or she said:
“Something wicked this way comes.”
1. Porter in MACBETH.
2. Hacate in MACBETH.
3. Second Witch in MACBETH.
Quiz #137 answer: 2
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2022 Musketman Shakespeare Poetry Award
Muspa invites submissions for this year’s PRIZE: $200 (Canadian) and publication in the Musketman Shakespeare blog.
SUBMISSION: One poem per entrant. Unpublished 8 to 24 lines. Any subject. Mention Shakespeare. No entry fees. Award open to all countries and nationalities.
CONTACT: Provide your name and email address under the poem, and please send it to:
Muspa, 4 – 536 Third Street, London ON N5V 4R5, Canada. No entries via electronic channels.
DEADLINE: 25 October 2022. Submissions received after that date will be adjudicated for our 2023 award.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: We shall acknowledge receipt of and retain only the winning entry. The rest will be discarded. So, please, keep a copy of your poem.
PUBLICATION: 25 December 2022. The winning entry will be published in our blog and announced on LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. You may follow the blog or connect with Musketman Shakespeare on any of those four platforms.
Shakespeare’s Single-line Quiz #137
He said or she said:
“Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.”
1. Malvolio in TWELFTH NIGHT.
2. Hero in MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.
3. Benvolio in ROMEO AND JULIET.
Quiz #136 answer: 1
Shakespeare’s Single-line Quiz #136
He said or she said:
“Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.”
1. Feste in TWELFTH NIGHT.
2. Fool in KING LEAR.
3. Costard in LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST.
Quiz #135 answer: 3
2021 Muspa Winner
SHAKESPEARIAN SONNET 101
by Paul Adrian Fried (USA)
Iambic feet are weak at first, then strong —
a gentle peck, and then a deeper kiss.
Pentameter’s a line that’s five feet long,
so iambs in pentameter, like this,
can help to make a sonnet’s rhythm soar.
Now quatrains — those are four-line sets, you see,
and Shakespeare often rhymed lines two and four
in each quatrain — and also one and three.
In quatrain one, the poem begins its way.
In two, it still unwinds and roams about.
In three, a twist or turn comes into play,
and then the final couplet. Have no doubt:
The sonnet, like a ballroom floor, can be
a form where words go leaping, dancing free.
Shakespeare’s Single-line Quiz #135
He said or she said:
“Come and take choice of all my library.”
1. Cleopatra in ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA.
2. Cymbeline in CYMBELINE.
3. Titus in TITUS ANDRONICUS.
Quiz #134 answer: 2
Shakespeare’s Single-line Quiz #134
He said or she said:
“Love like a shadow flies when substance love pursues. “
1. Macmorris in HENRY V.
2. Mistress Ford in THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR.
3. Macduff in MACBETH.
Quiz #133 answer: 1
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