The Lady of Shalott

Ulysses

In Memoriam

The Charge of the Light Brigade

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Dark house, by which once more I stand

Break, break, break, On thy cold gray stones, O Sea!

My heart is wasted with my woe

The splendor falls on castle walls

Iambic pentameter

Trochaic octameter

Anapestic tetrameter

Spondaic hexameter

Come, my friends, 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world.

Push off, and sitting well in order smite

The lights begin to twinkle from the rocks

The long day wanes; the slow moon climbs; the deep

To create a more formal and elevated tone

To make the poem more accessible to readers

To add variety to the poem's rhythm

To make the poem more memorable

William Shakespeare

John Milton

William Wordsworth

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Blank verse has a regular meter, while free verse does not.

Blank verse has a regular rhyme scheme, while free verse does not.

Blank verse is more formal than free verse.

All of the above

The Lady of Shalott

Ulysses

In Memoriam

The Charge of the Light Brigade

It helps to create a more formal and elevated tone.

It adds variety to the poem's rhythm.

It makes the poem more accessible to readers.

All of the above

Tennyson's use of blank verse is more regular and consistent than that of other poets.

Tennyson's use of blank verse is more varied and flexible than that of other poets.

Tennyson's use of blank verse is more innovative than that of other poets.

Tennyson's use of blank verse is less successful than that of other poets.

It can be difficult to maintain a regular meter and rhyme scheme.

It can be difficult to avoid monotony.

It can be difficult to make the poem sound natural and conversational.

All of the above

He used enjambment and run-on lines to create a more fluid and dynamic rhythm.

He varied the length of his lines to avoid monotony.

He used vivid imagery and figurative language to make his poems more interesting and engaging.

All of the above

It helped to popularize blank verse as a form of poetry.

It inspired other poets to experiment with blank verse.

It helped to establish blank verse as a legitimate form of poetry.

All of the above

The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

Paradise Lost by John Milton

The Prelude by William Wordsworth

Ulysses by Alfred, Lord Tennyson