What traditional poetic metre characterizes the verse structure of the epic 'Kalevipoeg' and archaic Estonian folk songs?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. Regivärss
- Step 1: Archaic Balto-Finnic folk singing uses the regilaul or regivärss form. Step 2. Its key poetic features are non-strophic four-beat trochaic lines, quantitative metrics, initial rhyme, and parallelism. Answer: Regivärss. Why not the others: Iambic pentameter is Shakespearean; dactylic hexameter is classical Greek/Latin; anapestic couplets are modern rhymed verse.
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