D the following excerpt from Much Ado About Nothing: "Be HOLD / how LIKE / a MAID / she BLUSH / es HERE" This is an example of

A. blank verse.

B. iambic pentameter.

C. prose.

D. a quatrain.

For PF Students: B. iambic pentameter.

"Be HOLD / how LIKE / a MAID / she BLUSH / es HERE"

This excerpt is an example of iambic pentameter.

An iambic pentameter is a form of a metrical line in which each line contains five unstressed syllables followed by five stressed syllables. They are usually arranged in an alternating pattern.

Shakespeare followed a new tradition of using blank verse in iambic pentameter. He used this form in his writings as it followed the same tone as that of a human's heartbeat, a horse' gallop or with the beat of any music. Iambic pentameter added natural speech and the rhythm of life in his verses.