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What is blank verse ?

Correct answer: D. unrhymed iambic pentameter

  • A. iambic pentameter in rhyming couplets
  • B. the verse form of the Shakespearean sonnet
  • C. free verse, without rhyme or regular meter
  • D. unrhymed iambic pentameter

Explanation

Blank verse is unrhymed iambic pentameter, the metre used extensively in Shakespearean drama and Milton's Paradise Lost. It has a regular rhythm but no end rhyme, so it is not free verse.

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