“...Who would fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But that the dread of something after death,
The undiscovered country from whose bourn
No traveler returns, puzzles the will …show more content…
The use of this type of pentameter is very ironic in the context: Hamlet is talking about very formal and serious issues, such as life being so hard that death, “the undiscovered country” seems like a favorable option. In the last line of the passage, with the amphibrach, Hamlet reaches the conclusion for himself that currently death seems more positive and exciting than the dreary life he is being forced to live. He describes death as something to “fly” and implies that it is unknown and the next great adventure in life. However, as previously stated, this is a very ironic statement because of the amphibrach: they are most commonly used in limericks, humorous poems, and children’s books. Very rarely is the amphibrach used to talk about