Which Victorian poet is best known for the 'sprung rhythm' technique, which mimics the natural cadence of speech?
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Correct answer: Gerard Manley Hopkins
Hopkins developed 'sprung rhythm' to break away from traditional iambic meters, basing his rhythm on the number of stressed syllables rather than total syllables. This gave his religious poetry a unique, jagged intensity.
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