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Whitman's metrical innovation in Leaves of Grass is:
ASpenserian stanza
BHeroic couplet
CFree verse
DSapphic strophe
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Free verse
1. He abandons traditional meter for expansive long lines.
2. The choice mirrors the thematic boundlessness of the verse.
3. It established free verse as a serious American mode.
_Source: Project Gutenberg #1322 — Whitman's Leaves of Grass — "Whitman abandons traditional meter for expansive free verse"_
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