Prose vs. Poetry

This table shows the proportion of lines in poetry or prose for each play, as well as the number of cases where a line of poetry is shared between characters. Three plays have no prose lines at all - Richard 2, King John, and King Edward 3 - and two more have hardly any. Conversely,

The Merry Wives of Windsor is notable for being predominantly in prose. Antony and Cleopatra is the play with most shared lines, taking up nearly a third of the play.