The Tempest: Form - GCSE English Literature (9-1)

This short Tassomai tutorial video explains the form of William Shakespeare's The Tempest.

It will help you learn and revise content required for this text when tested by all major GCSE specifications including AQA, Edexcel, WJEC, and CCEA.

3 key facts to remember about the form of The Tempest:

1- Blank verse is a poetic form made up of unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter.

2- Iambic pentameter uses one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed
syllable, with a total of 10 syllables per line.

3- The higher class characters in the play use blank verse whilst the lower class characters normally use prose.

If you’re a Tassomai user, this video will help you answer around 60 quiz questions for this text!

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This tutorial video was presented by Tassomai Content Coordinator, Georgia Watson.

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