Name That Person 1
wanted to be in the "Room Where It Happened"
Aaron Burr
visionary who realized country needed change to advance
George Washington
Name the rhythm = (unstress, stress): “What comes next? You've been freed/do you know how hard it is to lead?
Iambic
Rhyme on words that look the same but which are actually pronounced differently – for example “bough” and “rough.”
Eye
A two-syllable rhyme, generally used for humorous effect. In “Non-stop,” Hamilton impressively rhymes “amendments” and “independence.”
Feminine/Multisyllabic
coordinated a naval blockade that helped win the war
Marquis de Lafayette
involved in scandal which led to pamphlet being published
Maria Reynolds
Name the rhythm = (stress, unstress, unstress): “Took up a collection just to send him to the mainland.”
Dactylic
“Lock up ya daughters and horses, of course/it's hard to have intercourse over four sets of corsets.”
Interwoven
“You've been freed/Do you know how hard it is to lead?”
Masculine
better match for Hamilton emotionally versus intellectually
Eliza Schuyler
was heard by Philip bad-mouthing Hamilton in front of a crowd
George Eacker
Name the rhythm = (unstress, unstress, stress): “When are these colonies…
Anapestic
In “Guns and Ships,” Lafayette asks, “You wanna fight for your land back?” and the ensemble retort, “You gotta get your right hand man back!”
Identical
Rhyming of the final words of lines in a poem. King in “What Comes Next” rhymes “Awesome. Wow” with “Do you have a clue what happens now?”
End
says their only job is to marry rich
Angelica Schuyler
said a legacy is “planting seeds in a garden you never get to see.”
Alexander Hamilton
Name the rhythm = (stress, unstress): “mainland” rhymes with “came, and”
Trochaic
Rhyme in which two words share just a vowel sound or just a consonant sound.
Slant
In the first Cabinet Battle, Jefferson tells Hamilton, “Our debts are paid, I'm afraid/Don't tax the south because we got it made in the shade.”
Internal
“a tailor spyin’ on the British government”
Hercules Mulligan
fights the war with words rather than weapons
Thomas Jefferson
Name the rhythm = (stress stress): “Outgunned! Outmanned!”
Spondaic
“The best thing he can do for the revolution is turn n’/go back to plantin’ tobacco in Mount Vernon.”
Hidden/Concealed
Rhyme using homophones (two different words that sound the same) like “new since” and “nuisance” as Hamilton does in “The Addams Administration.”
Rich