To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep; No more; and by a sleep to say we end The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to, ’tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish’d. To die, to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause: there's the respect That makes calamity of so long life; This excerpt is an example of heroic couplet. free verse. blank verse. common meter.

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Answer:

D. common meter

Explanation:

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This excerpt is an example of a heroic couplet Blank verse

Blank verse is a poem that is written in 'iambic pentameter but it has zero rhyme on it. It will have ten syllables in each line (pentameter) with five stressed and five unstressed syllables like an iambic pentameter. But there will be zero rhyme in the poem.

Why is blank verse considered traditional?

‘Blank verse’ is the only accepted zero rhyme verse in English the inevitable iambic pentameter. The English ear was more sensitive to the kinds of music of the verse and less to dependent upon the recurrence of identical sounds in this meter than in any other.

What is the main purpose of blank verse?

Blank verse, is opposed to pros, is used mainly for passionate or lofty or momentous occasions and for introspection; it may suggest a refinement of character

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