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Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet introduces a challenge no prose novel can: dramatic verse. Iambic pentameter creates a rhythmic expectation your fingers want to follow — which is exactly where errors creep in, because the archaic vocabulary refuses to cooperate. "Wherefore", "hither", "forsooth", "o'er" and "'tis" each require you to read every character rather than predict the word. Character name headers — ROMEO., JULIET., NURSE. — before each speech train formatted text entry you encounter in real transcription work. Stage directions in brackets add another layer of formatting complexity. The constant apostrophe contractions drill a key that many typists fumble under pressure. At about 25,000 words, it's completable in four or five focused sessions — an excellent palate cleanser between longer novels, and the only play-format practice in the library.
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