Question

select the correct text in the passage.
which excerpt from john miltons poetry is in blank verse?
restore us, and regain the blissful seat,
sing heavnly muse, that on the secret top
of oreb, or of sinai, didst inspire
that shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed,
in the beginning how the heavns and earth
(from paradise lost)
...
in heavn yclept euphrosyne,
and by men, heart-easing mirth,
whom lovely venus at a birth
with two sister graces more
to ivy-crowned bacchus bore
(from \lallegro\)
...
dissolve me into extasies,
and bring all heavn before mine eyes.
and may at last my weary age
find out the peaceful hermitage,
the hairy gown and mossy cell,
(from \il penseroso\)
...
where i may sit and rightly spell
of every star that heavn doth shew,
and every herb that sips the dew;
till old experience do attain
to somthing like prophetic strain.
(from \il penseroso\)

Explanation:

Blank verse is unrhymed iambic pentameter. The first excerpt from Paradise Lost follows this structure. The lines have a pattern of unstressed - stressed syllables (iambic) and there is no rhyme scheme, which are key characteristics of blank verse. The other excerpts either have a different metrical pattern or do not conform to the strict iambic pentameter of blank verse.

Answer:

Restore us, and regain the blissful Seat,
Sing Heav'nly Muse, that on the secret top
Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire
That Shepherd, who first taught the chosen Seed,
In the Beginning how the Heav'ns and Earth
(from Paradise Lost)