ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Blank verse refers to which of the following?
A
Prose
B
Unrhymed iambic pentameter
C
Rhyming verse
D
Rhyming couplets
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: -What Is a Blank Verse Poem? Blank verse is poetry written with a precise meter-almost always iambic pentameter-but that does not rhyme. When a poem is written in iambic pentameter, it means each line contains five iambs-two syllable pairs in which the second syllable is emphasized.

Detailed explanation-3: -An example of iambic pentameter would be “The cat awaits the day of fish and mice” in which the stresses would occur as “the CAT | aWAITS | the DAY | of FISH | and MICE.” This type of unrhymed iambic pentameter was used a great deal by the English poet and playwright William Shakespeare.

Detailed explanation-4: -These lines from Hamlet are written in blank verse (note the lack of rhyme and the consistent meter of unstressed/stressed syllables): “It is not nor it cannot come to good, / But break, my heart, for I must hold my tongue."

Detailed explanation-5: -Blank Verse is any verse comprised of unrhymed lines all in the same meter, usually iambic pentameter. It was developed in Italy and became widely used during the Renaissance because it resembled classical, unrhymed poetry.

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