The elegy began as an ancient metrical form ?
Correct answer: B. Greek
- A. French
- B. Greek
- C. Roman
- D. German
Explanation
The elegy developed from the Greek elegiac couplet, a metrical form consisting of alternating hexameter and pentameter lines. Roman poets later adopted and developed this Greek form.
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