cal pattern consisting of lines of unrhymed iambic pentameter, called blank verse. His plays are composed using blank verse, although there are passages in all the plays that deviate from the norm and are composed of other forms of poetry and/or simple prose. His sonnets are written in iambic pentameter. Shakespeare's style of writing and meter choice are typical of his day, and other writings of the time influenced how he structured his compositions. Shakespeare's plays contain a great deal of historical references; in particular, Hamlet, which derives the legendary story of Hamlet (Amleth) recounted in the Danish History from the twelfth century, a Latin text by Saxo the Grammarian.
             The overall tone of Hamlet is typical of a tragedy. Shakespeare utilizes diesease and prison imagery in order to underline the tragic tone. In instances where necessity dema
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