Shakespeare Quote I'm Memorizing Now.

As I think I've said, I memorize Shakespeare quotes from time to time. I know they say when you get older, it's a good idea to learn new things. I don't know if that applies to memorizing quotes. But it's bound to do some good I guess.

But I've been memorizing the following from Julius Caesar act I, scene 2. Brutus hears another "general shout" outside. He fears Caesar will become their new king, and he and Cassius have this conversation.

I put the words in all caps as they are usually emphasized when people make this speech. That's how I usually memorize these quotes. And the pauses too. I usually just memorize by repetition. Then when I find I keep forgetting a line I look at it carefully to see what word I keep missing.

Here:

“Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow WORLD
Like a COLOSSUS, and we petty men
Walk under his huge legs and peep about
To find ourselves dishonorable GRAVES [pause].
Men at some time are masters of their fates.
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
But in OURSELVES, that we are underlings [pause].
‘Brutus’ and ‘Caesar’—what should be in that ‘CAESAR’ [pause]?
Why should that name be sounded more than YOURS [pause]?
Write them together, yours is as fair a name [pause];
Sound them, it doth become the mouth as well [pause];
Weigh them, it is as HEAVY; [pause] conjure with ’em,
‘Brutus’ will start a spirit as soon as ‘Caesar’ [pause].
Now, in the names of all the gods at once,
Upon what meat doth this our Caesar feed
That he is grown so GREAT [pause]? Age, thou art SHAMED [pause]!
Rome, thou hast lost the breed of noble BLOODS [pause]!
When went there by an age, since the great flood,
But it was famed with more than with ONE MAN [pause]?
When could they say, till now, that talked of Rome,
That her wide walks encompassed but ONE MAN [pause]?
Now is it Rome indeed, and room enough
When there is in it but ONE only man [pause].
O, you and I have heard our fathers say
There was a Brutus once that would have brooked
Th’ ETERNAL DEVIL to keep his state in Rome
As easily as a king.”

I find it hard to put emphasis on "eternal devil" in the last couple of lines. I think it is due to the rhythm or cadence of the speech.

 

Out out damn spot...............