Shakespeare monologue

I returned last Tuesday to find I needed a Shakespeare monologue for assessment and luckily I knew one. While being taught by Joe I realised that I hadn't learnt the piece correctly. I had never been taught about the rhythm and counting syllables. When I tried to change the delivery of the monologue I found that I was stuck in the way I'd previously learnt it. I can change my mood easily and I can change the speed and tone but I find it difficult to change the rhythm. I think it's better if you're musically minded you can probably grasp it more easily. Given sheet music you can play a tune but for someone like me who isn't musically minded it's like playing the piano with one finger.
My monologue is staggered. I seem to be like a robot when I actually need the words and movement to flow.
Dan Lovett gave me some good advice which I have shared already that we should try to think about how we want the other person to feel rather than the emotion we are feeling. It's not about us and how we feel, it's about the effect we have on others. I am now trying this technique coupled with trying to break my mould and let the words flow.
I have just found a 2006 film 'As You Like It' that I haven't seen before. I have previously seen the 1978 BBC version with Helen Mirren. The 2006 version is directed by Kenneth Branagh. Although it is set in Japan, it has British characters at a time when Japan had English trader settlers. The cinematography and acting is good and I especially like the epilogue which breaks the fourth wall. I hadn't heard of this film until I switched BBC2 on yesterday and caught the last 2 minutes of it, how very frustrating but I then found it in seperate parts on youtube.
I don't copy actors when I watch performances but I get a sense of different styles and portrayals. I find it helps me to be more openminded. I have yet to see the Laurence Olivier version from 1936.