Question

4 . What are the writing features of Spenser′s masterpiece“The Faerie Queene”? The long poem is written in the form of allegory . It hassweet melody and its lines are very musical .Spenser invented a new verse form for this poem . Theverse form has been called“Spenserian Stanza”since hisday . Each stanza has nine lines, each of the first eight linesis in iambic pentametre form, and the ninth line is an iambichexameter line . Because of its rare beauty, this verse formwas much used by nearly all the later poets, especially imi-tated by the romantic poets of the 19th century .

Accepted Answer

Part Ⅳ The Renaissance

正面	4 . What are the writing features of Spenser′s masterpiece“The Faerie Queene”?
《》	Part Ⅳ The Renaissance
背面	The long poem is written in the form of allegory . It has sweet melody and its lines are very musical . Spenser invented a new verse form for this poem . The verse form has been called“Spenserian Stanza”since his day . Each stanza has nine lines, each of the first eight lines is in iambic pentametre form, and the ninth line is an iambic hexameter line . Because of its rare beauty, this verse form was much used by nearly all the later poets, especially imi- tated by the romantic poets of the 19th century .

Form Verse Poem Lines Iambic Writing Features Spenser′S