Question

Read the passage.

excerpt from Act III, Scene 1, in A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

Titania
I pray thee, gentle mortal, sing again.
Mine ear is much enamored of thy note,
So is mine eye enthrallèd to thy shape,
And thy fair virtue’s force perforce doth move me
On the first view to say, to swear, I love thee.

What is the tone in this excerpt and how does the language create it?


Formal tone: It has a formal sentence structure and uses thee and thy instead of you.


Informal: It uses words like thee, which would only be used in an informal situation.


Informal tone: It has no rhyming lines.


Formal tone: It uses iambic pentameter.

Answer 1

The answer is A. Formal tone: It has a formal sentence structure and uses thee and thy instead of you.

I took the test, the teachers answer above is incorrect.

Answer 2

• Formal tone: It has a formal sentence structure and uses thee and thy instead of you.

Step-by-step explanation:

A Midsummer Night's Dream contains a considerable measure of old prose. The three sorts of verse most commonly found in the play are:

• Iambic pentameter
• Rhymed verse, and
• Catalectic trochaic tetrameter.