List of top English Questions on Poetic Forms

Which of the following is not true about Walter Benjamin's essay “The Task of the Translator”?

Who is known for the conceptualization of ‘Polysystem Theory of Translation'?

Which of the following statements are correct? A. Blank verse consists of lines of iambic pentameter. B. In blank verse, all the lines are rhymed. C. In blank verse, the lines are unrhymed. D. John Milton used blank verse in his Paradise Lost. E. Blank verse is called blank because the lines are unrhymed.

Given below are two statements: Assertion (A): Voices in the City, although its canvas is large, the details fuller and diction richer, is nevertheless less satisfying than Cry, the Peacock. Reason (R): The reason is that Voices in the City is not contained by a single sensibility like Maya's in Cry, the Peacock. Choose the most appropriate answer.

Blank verse is:

Match List-I with List-II
\[\begin{array}{|l|l|} \hline \textbf{List-I} & \textbf{List-II} \\ \textbf{SONNETEER} & \textbf{RHYME SCHEME} \\ \hline \hline \text{(A). Petrarch} & \text{(I). abab cdcd efef gg} \\ \hline \text{(B). John Milton} & \text{(II). abab bcbc cdcd ee} \\ \hline \text{(C). Spenser} & \text{(III). abbaabba cdcdcd/cddccd/cdecde} \\ \hline \text{(D). Shakespeare} & \text{(IV). abbaabba cdecde} \\ \hline \end{array}\]
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Which of the following is the most appropriate statement about a 'heroic couplet'?

"Into the darkness they go, the wise and the lovely. Crowned
With lilies and with laurel they go; but I am not resigned."
Which form of poetry would the afore-mentioned lines be classified as? Choose the most appropriate answer.