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Romeo and Juliet

by William Shakespeare

Ch. 1: The Prologue Segment 1 of 9
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Typing Practice with Romeo and Juliet

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. The three passages here run about 625 words, roughly 16 minutes at 40 WPM — a short session, and the only play-format practice in the library.

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What you will type in Romeo and Juliet

This practice set contains 3 passages from Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, split into 9 typing segments — about 625 words, roughly 16 minutes of typing at 40 WPM. Your position saves in your browser after every segment, so you can stop and resume without an account.

Passages included

  1. The Prologue — 3 segments
  2. The Balcony Scene — 3 segments
  3. A Plague o' Both Your Houses — 3 segments

Opening passage

Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life; Whose misadventured piteous overthrows Do with their death bury their parents' strife.

— Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare