Question

To be, or not to be, that is the question:

Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to, ’tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish’d. To die, to sleep;
To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub;
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause: there's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life;

This excerpt is an example of
heroic couplet.
free verse.
blank verse.
common meter.

Answer 1

The correct answer is Blank Verse.

Step-by-step explanation:

This type of verse is characterized by having a regular meter and no rhyme.

It is written in iambic pentameter.

The author of these lines is William Shakespeare and he was characterized precisely for using this type of verse to write the vast majority of his plays. If you read each word at the end of its lines, they will have a similar sound.

Given this information we can say that the correct answer is Blank Verse.