Question

Match the characters to the traits they display.

OliviaWhat poetic element is used in this excerpt from John Milton's Paradise Lost?

Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace
And rest can never dwell, hope never comes
That comes to all; but torture without end
Still urges, and a fiery Deluge, fed
With ever-burning Sulphur unconsum'd:

A.
complex syntax
B.
tetrameter
C.
blank verse
D.
iambic pentameter

Orsino
Viola
Malvolio
lovesick
arrowBoth
stubborn
arrowBoth
resourceful
arrowBoth
self-absorb

Answer 1

Olivia: Resourceful

Orsino: Lovesick

Viola: Resourceful

Malvolio: Self-absorbed

C. Blank verse

Step-by-step explanation:

Regarding the poetic element used in the excerpt from John Milton's Paradise Lost, the correct answer is:

C. Blank verse

Blank verse is unrhymed poetry written in iambic pentameter, which is the meter used in this excerpt.