Question

Which verse form dominated Augustan poetry?

• A. Blank verse
• B. Heroic couplet
• C. Spenserian stanza
• D. Sonnet

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Heroic couplet

• Concise, pointed, and polished couplets reigned supreme.

• Alexander Pope perfected this form in satire and didactic verse.

• It became the hallmark of Augustan poetics.