Question

What poetic form and meter characterize “Ulysses”?

• A. Rhymed couplets in trochaic tetrameter
• B. Free verse with mixed meters
• C. Blank verse in iambic pentameter
• D. Ode in dactylic hexameter

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Blank verse in iambic pentameter

“Ulysses” is written in blank verse, which means it has unrhymed lines in iambic pentameter—a meter often used for serious, reflective poetry in English, especially for dramatic monologues like this one