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What are Anglo-Saxon meter, sonnet, and blank verse style of writings? Give examples

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What are Anglo-Saxon meter, sonnet, and blank verse style of writings? Give examples.

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Anglo-Saxon meter writing style:

(1) In this writing style, a verse is made up of two half-lines.

(2) Each half-line contains two main stress syllables.

(3) There is a pause between the first two and the last two stresses of every line.

(4) Example: Poem “Junk” by Richard Wilbur

Sonnet writing style:

(1) In this style, a poem has one stanza

(2) This one stanza has 14 lines

(3) So, it is a 14-lined poem, written in iambic pentameter.

(4) Example: Poem “Death be not proud.” By John Donne

Blank verse writing style:

(1) In this style, verses are written in un-rhyming iambic pentameter.

(2) It has 10 syllables in each line (pentameter);

(3) Out of these 10 syllables, unstressed syllables are followed by stressed ones.

(4) Example: From William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet":

"And, when he shall die, / Take him and cut him out in little stars, / And he will make the face of heaven so fine / That all the world will be in love with night / And pay no worship to the garish sun.”

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