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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