Question

What poetic element is used in this excerpt from John Milton's Paradise Lost?

Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace
And rest can never dwell, hope never comes
That comes to all; but torture without end
Still urges, and a fiery Deluge, fed
With ever-burning Sulphur unconsum'd:

A.complex syntax
B. tetrameter
C. blank verse
D. iambic pentameter

Answer 1

The correct answer is C. Blank verse. This is because even though it is written using the iambic pentameter (both catalectic and acatalectic), there is no rhyme at all, meaning that it is blank verse.

Answer 2

Blank verse

Explanation:

Blank verse is a type of verse (frequently written in measured rhyming) that has a standard measurement, yet unrhymed lines. This is the situation in this passage of Paradise Lost, as the lines don't pursue any rhyming example. Blank verse is the most well-known poetic structure in English, and it has been utilized in English verse since the sixteenth century.