John Milton's "L'Allegro" and "Il Penseroso" are companion poems and are both written in ?
Correct answer: B. tetrameter couplets
- A. iambic pentameter
- B. tetrameter couplets
- C. heroic couplets
- D. Shakespearean sonnets
Explanation
Both companion poems are built mainly from rhyming lines of four iambic feet, called tetrameter couplets. They are not pentameter or sonnet forms, and “heroic couplets” normally refers to rhymed iambic pentameter.
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