Subject

    English Literature

    Topic

    Literary Terms and Genre

    Identify the writer who first used blank verse in English Poetry?

    ক)
    Sir Thomas Wyatt
    খ)
    W. Shakespear
    গ)
    Earl of Surrey
    ঘ)
    Milton

    Explanation

    Blank verse is a particular format used in poetry that closely resembles natural human speech. The definition of blank verse is unrhymed iambic pentameter, which features five two-syllable metric feet per line.Blank verse was introduced into England by the Earl of Surrey in about 1540. It is the principal metre of Shakespeare's plays and the metre of Milton's epic poems, as well as of many other major works of poetry.

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