Blank verse is a form of poetry writing that has no specific rhyming sequence. It may be written in iambic pentameter, meaning ten syllables in a line but at times not all lines. The unstressed syllables are followed by the stressed syllables but they do not have any rhyming sequence.

In the lines from the poem given in the question, the lines do use iambic pentameter like-

Women of Adamant, fair neophytes—

Who thirst for such instruction as we give,

where the underlined words are the unstressed syllables while the ones in bold are the stressed syllables.

This un-rhyming verse form is also sometimes known as the heroic verse.

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3 years ago

Matcn une deninition to the term.

musickatia [10]

Answer:

a person place or thing

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2 years ago

In the poem the phrase sil of shade refers to a window sil. The narrator of this poem is a reflective thinker

xenn [34]

Hello. This question is incomplete. The full question is:

In the poem, the phrase "sill of shade" refers to _____. The narrator of this poem is _____.

First Blank Choices:

A. The edge of time

B. The edge of a hill

C. The loss of a life

D. A Window Sill

Second Blank Choices:

A. The athletes father

B. A reflective onlooker

C. The athlete's lover

D. A young athlete

Answer:

1)C

2) B

Explanation:

The expression "sil of shade" is an allegory that represents the end of life, that is, death. This shows that the poem brings a reflection on the moment when life is finished, how this end is inevitable and it is not possible to escape it. This reflection is passed on to the reader through the words of the speaker of the poem, who is also reflecting, which shows that he is a reflective thinker.

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3 years ago

How to restate do you want dressy or casual as an open ended question?

Rus_ich [418]

"Are you sure you don't want to wear that?"

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3 years ago