Provider: World Shakespeare Bibliography https://www.worldshakesbib.org Database: WSB Content: text/plain; charset="utf-8" TY - JOUR VL - 75 IS - 4 T2 - Shakespeare Quarterly SP - 312-24 ID - bbbo348 T1 - "Couplets, Couples, and Community: The Dance of Rhyme in A Midsummer Night's Dream"  AU - Attie, Katherine Bootle PY - 2024 DA - 2026 DO - 10.1093/sq/quae042 LA - English AB - Drawing parallels between formal wedding dances and the form of rhymes, presents a "rhyme-dance analogy to show how rhyme, especially the couplet, matches proximate bodies in a balance dependent on compatibility, reciprocity, and mutual willingness." Shows how rhymes (and failed rhymes) in Midsummer Night's Dream can support and undermine the characters' words. ER -