ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Blank verse is
A
poetry without fixed numbers or syllables per line
B
poetry without fixed stress patterns
C
poetry with iambic pentameter without rhyme
D
another word for prose
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: -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-3: -Blank verse is poetry written with a precise meter-almost always iambic pentameter-but that does not rhyme.

Detailed explanation-4: -Free verse is an open form of poetry, which in its modern form arose through the French vers libre form. It does not use consistent meter patterns, rhyme, or any musical pattern.

Detailed explanation-5: -Both blank verse and free verse are free from rhyme scheme. But, whereas blank verse does have a consistent meter, usually iambic pentameter, that creates a du-DUM rhythm effect, free verse is free from both meter and rhyme. It is free from the limitations of verse poetry.

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