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29 Αυγ 2023 · O'er is short for " over ". The apostrophe indicates a missing letter, in this case "v". Much of Shakespeare 's writing is in the form of poetry. "O'er" was pronounced as one syllable, not two as...
Read o’er the volume of young Paris’ face And find delight writ there with beauty’s pen. Examine every married lineament And see how one another lends content, And what obscured in this fair volume lies Find written in the margin of his eyes.
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Q: Why does Shakespeare sometimes write "o'er" instead of "over", "th'exchange" instead of "the exchange", etc.? There are two main reasons for this. The first is scansion. Take Horatio’s poetic lines for instance: ‘Over’ is two syllables, where ‘o’er’ is one, so it fits more neatly in the metre. So sometimes the contraction is poetically driven.
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Rhythmically, this line substitutes a trochee in the first foot and a spondee in the last. O'er, of course, is poetic license used to make one syllable out of "over" in order to keep the meter intact.
