ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

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What the term Blank Verse refers-
A
having no rhyming end
B
having no rhythmic flow
C
having no significance
D
having no blanks in the verse
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -“Blank verse” is a literary term that refers to poetry written in unrhymed but metered lines, almost always iambic pentameter.

Detailed explanation-2: -Free verse poetry is poetry that lacks a consistent rhyme scheme, metrical pattern, or musical form. While free verse poems are not devoid of structure, they allow enormous leeway for poets, particularly when compared to more metrically strict forms like blank verse.

Detailed explanation-3: -Blank Verse is a poetic form which doesn’t rhyme but instead a rhythmic pattern marks it out. Blank Verse is written in Iambic Pentameter meaning that each line has 10 syllables with a stress on syllables 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10.

Detailed explanation-4: -BLANK VERSE, the unrhymed measure of iambic decasyllable in five beats which is usually adopted in English epic and dramatic poetry. The epithet is due to the absence of the rhyme which the ear expects at the end of successive lines.

Detailed explanation-5: -Features of blank verse Lines: Blank verse poems can contain any number of lines. Rhyme Scheme: Poems written in blank verse do not follow a rhyme scheme. Iambic Pentameter: Iambic pentameter is a line of verse containing five metric feet, each of which has one stressed syllable and one unstressed syllable.

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