Blank verse is composed of
a. rhyming couplets.
b. rhyming iambic tetrameter verse.
c. unrhymed iambic pentameter verse.
d. prose that follows a predictable meter.
e. free verse with regularly stressed syllables.
c. unrhymed iambic pentameter verse.
are you sure?
I apologize for the mistake. Blank verse is composed of unrhymed iambic pentameter verse.
Excerpt from Act 4, Scene 1 of King Lear
EDGAR: Yet better thus, and known to be contemn'd, Than still contemn'd and flatter'd. To be worst, The lowest and most dejected thing of fortune, Stands still in esperance, lives not in fear. The lamentable change is from the best; The worst returns to laughter. Welcome then, Thou unsubstantial air that I embrace!
Use the passage to answer the question.
The passage can best be categorized as (1 point)
a. prose.
b. syntax.
c. free verse.
d. blank verse.
e. rhyming verse.