Is heard no more

This next phrase is definitely antiquated:

Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,

That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,

And then is heard no more.

Macbeth(1606)

The modern construction would be something like:

  • Is not heard anymore, or
  • Is no longer heard

The main difference being that in Shakespeare the negative is placed after the verb: 'heard not' instead of 'not heard'.

We still occasionally use 'verb no more' constuctions such as 'we can do no more', 'we can give no more', and so on—but it's more common in Shakespeare.

Part of the reason might be that it was a more common construction at the time, but another reason is—once again—the rhythm.

  • 'No MORE' = da DUM
  • 'Is HEARD no MORE' = da DUM da DUM.

Again, we can take our list of brainstorm verbs and create our own combos:

Drive-thru: to wait no more, will type no more, to queue no more, has listened no more, can repeat no more, will dither no more, shall sigh no more, might speak no more

Things fall apart: to buy no more, to delight no more, might hold no more, will slip no more, must lose no more, can sink no more, shall fall no more, could drift no more, to die no more

Create your own 'to verb no more' combinations. Play around with tense helpers and modal verbs.