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What poetic form and meter characterize “Ulysses”?

ARhymed couplets in trochaic tetrameter

BFree verse with mixed meters

CBlank verse in iambic pentameter

DOde in dactylic hexameter

Answer:

C. Blank verse in iambic pentameter

Read Explanation:

“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


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