Shakespeare's "Prologue" to Henry V
Jan 15, 2024•9 min
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Episode description
Today’s poem is an example of poetry we forget is poetry. Written in blank verse (unrhymed iambic pentameter), the opening prologue to Henry V calls the audience’s attention to the tension between the play’s grand and sweeping subject and the theater’s physical limitations.
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