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• The required answer is - William Shakespeare.
• Iambic Pentameter
- Iambic pentameter ইংরেজি কবিতায় ব্যবহৃত একটি জনপ্রিয় metric line.
- "Iambic pentameter" means a line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable.
- It is a rhythmic line.
- 'Blank Verse' in Literature is a kind of verse having no rhyming ends.
- ছন্দের অন্তমিল দেখা না গেলেও এতে iambic pentameter এর দেখা মেলে।
• William Shakespeare
- Born: April 26, 1564, Stratford-upon-Avon, England.
- Death: April 23, 1616, Stratford-upon-Avon.
- Shakespeare was also spelled Shakspere.
- Byname: Bard of Avon or Swan of Avon.
- He was an English poet, dramatist, and actor.
- He was often called the English national poet and considered by many to be the greatest dramatist of all time.
- Shakespeare wrote 37 Plays.
• Notable works:
• Tragedy
- Hamlet,
- Othello,
- King Lear,
- Macbeth,
- Titus Andronicus,
- Timons of Athens
- Antony and Cleopatra
- Coriolanus
- Romeo and Juliet, etc.
• Tragi-comedy
- The Merchant of Venice,
- The Winter's Tale,
- Cymbeline,
- Troilus and Cressida,
- Measure for Measure,
• Comedy
- As You Like It,
- The Tempest,
- Twelfth Night,
- Love's Labour's Lost,
- A Comedy of Error,
- The Taming of the Shrew,
- Much Ado About Nothing,
- All's Well That Ends Well,
- A Midsummer Night's Dream,
- The Merry Wives of Windsor,
• Historical play
- Julius Caesar (Tragedy + Historical),
- Henry IV Part I,
- Henry IV Part II,
- Henry V,
- Henry VI Part I,
- Henry VI Part II,
- Henry VI Part III,
- Henry VIII,
- King John,
- Richard II,
- Richard III
Source: Live MCQ Lecture and An ABC of English Literature by Dr M Mofizar Rahman.