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How is free verse different from blank verse?

A.
It does not shift the stress across syllables.

B.
It does not have a set metrical pattern.

C.
It does not use poetic devices.

D.
It does not rhyme.

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User Johanne
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B.

It does not have a set metrical pattern.

Blank verse is written in regular metrical but unrhymed lines. Free verse is not written in consistent meter patterns or rhyme. So the correct option is B.

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User Thomas Sahlin
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