what kind of poem is romeo and juliet
Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and along with Hamlet, is one of his most frequently performed plays. Today, the title characters are regarded as archetypal young lovers.
Star-crossed The phrase was coined in the prologue of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet:
Iambic pentameter As lines in iambic pentameter usually contain ten syllables, it is considered a form of decasyllabic verse.
Gitanjali William Butler Yeats wrote the introduction to the first edition of Gitanjali.[4]