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The text for the Dies irae is a poem in 3-line rhymed verses.

A. True
B. False

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Final answer:

The Dies irae does not use 3-line rhymed verses but is composed of stanzas with a medival Latin rhyming scheme of rhymed couplets. So, the statement is false.

Step-by-step explanation:

The text for the Dies irae is not, in fact, a poem in 3-line rhymed verses. The traditional Dies irae is written in Latin and is composed of several stanzas with a rhyming scheme that adheres to a medieval Latin form, characterized by rhymed couplets (a double line of verse), not tercets (three-line stanzas). Therefore, the correct answer to the question is B. False.

The confusion might stem from the association with Dante's Divine Comedy, which uses terza rima, a rhyme scheme that involves tercets with the interlocking pattern ABA BCB CDC, but this is not the case for the Dies irae.

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