Edmund Spenser's 'The Faerie Queene' is written in a unique nine-line stanza. What is the metrical characteristics of the ninth line?
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Correct answer: It is an iambic hexameter (Alexandrine)
The Spenserian stanza consists of eight iambic pentameter lines followed by a single iambic hexameter, known as an Alexandrine. This longer final line provides a sense of closure and weight to the stanza.
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