Which is not a poetry form?
epic
tale
ballad
sonnet
Correct Answer :
B. tale
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The 14th
The 17th
The 19th
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Iambic pentameter
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Fall in Sales
Rise in taxation on magazines
Shortage of paper
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hundred years war
Black death
Peasant revolt
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Acrostic
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