Shakespeare And Blank Verse

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    Blank verse is end-rhymed.

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Please take this quiz after reading the introduction about Shakespeare's language and the handout on blank verse. You will have five minutes to complete it.

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  • 2. 

    Blank verse is made up of ___ iams, a specific kind of metric foot.

    • 1

    • 2

    • 4

    • 5

    Correct Answer
    A. 5
    Explanation
    Blank verse is a form of poetry that does not rhyme but follows a specific meter. The meter used in blank verse is iambic pentameter, which consists of five iambs. An iamb is a two-syllable foot with the stress on the second syllable. Therefore, the correct answer is 5, as blank verse is made up of five iambs per line.

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  • 3. 

    How many syllables are usually in a line of blank verse?

    • 5

    • 8

    • 10

    • 12

    Correct Answer
    A. 10
    Explanation
    Blank verse is a form of poetry that does not rhyme but follows a specific meter, usually iambic pentameter. In iambic pentameter, each line consists of five pairs of unstressed and stressed syllables, totaling ten syllables. Therefore, a line of blank verse typically contains ten syllables.

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  • 4. 

    Caesura is a term that denotes an audible pause in a line of verse.  Which of the following lines contains an example of caesura?

    • Holy Cow! What are you doing?

    • These are the times that try men's souls.

    • I cannot tell a lie.

    • Something there is that doesn't love a wall.

    Correct Answer
    A. Holy Cow! What are you doing?
    Explanation
    The line "Holy Cow! What are you doing?" contains an example of caesura because there is a clear audible pause after the word "Cow" before the speaker continues with "What are you doing?"

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  • 5. 

    Which of the following words/phrases would be scanned as an iam?

    • Thunder

    • Bamboo

    • Stop it!

    • Sincerely

    Correct Answer
    A. Bamboo
    Explanation
    The word "Bamboo" would be scanned as an iam because it contains the letters "iam" in that order.

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