Blank Verse

Unrhymed Iambic Pentameter

• iambic pentameter

• foot

• iamb

• blank verse

A form of poetry that most resembles natural speech. It is made up of unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter.

• Rhyming couplet

• Oxymoron

• Blank verse

• Comic relief

poetry that's written in iambic meter but doesn't rhyme

• poem

• couplet

• blank verse

• sonnet

It has verses but no rhyming words.

• limerick

• blank verse

What is the definition of blank verse?

• A) A type of poetry that rhymes

• B) A type of poetry that does not rhyme but has a regular meter

• C) A type of prose

• D) A type of free verse

Which of the following is a characteristic of blank verse?

• A) It always rhymes

• B) It has a regular metrical pattern

• C) It is written in free verse

• D) It is a type of prose

Blank verse is most commonly written in which meter?

• A) Trochaic tetrameter

• B) Iambic pentameter

• C) Anapestic trimeter

• D) Dactylic hexameter

Which famous playwright is known for using blank verse extensively?

• A) William Shakespeare

• B) Charles Dickens

• C) J.K. Rowling

• D) Mark Twain

In blank verse, what is the primary focus instead of rhyme?

• A) Alliteration

• B) Meter

• C) Assonance

• D) Consonance

Which of the following is NOT a feature of blank verse?

• A) Regular meter

• B) Lack of rhyme

• C) Free verse structure

• D) Use in dramatic works