Question

Which of the following correctly defines blank verse?

a. poetry with no structure or rhyme
b. a type of long poem often used for plays
c. a type of rhymed poetry Shakespeare uses throughout his plays
d. unrhymed verse written in iambic pentameter

Answer 1

The correct answer is the following: option d. The concept of "blank verse" is defined as an unrhymed verse written in iambic pentameter. This means that the verse has no rhyme but has lines with feet that are iambic. An iambic foot consists of words of two syllables, one of them being unstressed and followed by a stressed one. A blank verse has 10 syllables in each line, which makes a pentameter. In the pentameter, 5 syllables are stressed but do not rhyme

Answer 2

The correct answer for the question that is being presented above is this one: "a. poetry with no structure or rhyme." The statement that correctly defines blank verse is that the poetry with no structure or rhyme. Passing stranger! you do not know how longingly I look upon you, You must be he I was seeking, or she I was seeking, (it comes to me as of a dream,) ...