Question

Which of these four excerpts from John Milton's poetry is in blank verse?

Answer 1

Among the four excerpts from John Milton's poetry is in blank verse is A, Instructions:Select the correct text in the passage. Which of these four excerpts from John Milton's poetry is in blank verse? Restore us, and regain the blissful Seat, Sing Heav'nly Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That Shepherd, who first taught the chosen Seed, In the Beginning how the Heav'ns and Earth (from Paradise Lost)

Answer 2

Answer:

A) Restore us, and regain the blissful Seat,  

Sing Heav'nly Muse, that on the secret top  

Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire  

That Shepherd, who first taught the chosen Seed,

In the Beginning how the Heav'ns and Earth

(from Paradise Lost)

Explanation:

In this excerpt blank verse does not have a rhyme scheme, but it does use five iambic feet in a line.