Blank verse is typically used in narrative poetry and epic poetry, not dramatic poetry.

Blank verse is typically written in iambic pentameter, which is a meter consisting of five iambs (unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable).

The Quaker Graveyard in Nantucket is a long poem by Lowell that is written in blank verse.

The Quaker Graveyard in Nantucket is a meditation on the brevity of life and the inevitability of death.

This line from The Quaker Graveyard in Nantucket is an example of blank verse because it is unrhymed and written in iambic pentameter.

Lowell uses blank verse in The Quaker Graveyard in Nantucket to create a sense of rhythm and flow, to emphasize the beauty of nature, and to convey a sense of loss and grief.

Robert Frost is not known for writing in blank verse. He is more commonly associated with free verse and other forms of open poetry.

The Quaker graveyard in The Quaker Graveyard in Nantucket is a reminder of the brevity of life. The graves in the graveyard are a reminder that death is inevitable and that life is short.

This line from The Quaker Graveyard in Nantucket is an example of a metaphor because it compares the ocean's waves to a wooded mane unbinding silk-soft sand.

This line from The Quaker Graveyard in Nantucket is an example of a simile because it compares the seagull's wings to twinkling stars.

The tone of The Quaker Graveyard in Nantucket is somber and reflective. The poem is a meditation on the brevity of life and the inevitability of death.

The importance of family is not a theme in The Quaker Graveyard in Nantucket. The poem is more concerned with the themes of the beauty of nature, the brevity of life, and the power of death.

The Quaker community in The Quaker Graveyard in Nantucket is a symbol of the importance of community. The Quakers are a close-knit community who support each other in times of need.

This line from The Quaker Graveyard in Nantucket is an example of alliteration because it uses the repetition of the initial consonant sound 'w' in the words 'wings' and 'waves'.

This line from The Quaker Graveyard in Nantucket is an example of assonance because it uses the repetition of the vowel sound 'o' in the words 'ocean', 'wooded', 'mane', and 'soft'.