1. Why does the literature of Rome hold a secondary place in the classic literature of antiquity?

Roman writing was heavily influenced by Greek literature.

Explanation:

To the degree that this bias persists, it is due to the fact that Roman writing was eventually heavily influenced by Greek literature. The Greeks invented everything: epic, tragedy, comedy, numerous subgenres of poetry (lyric, elegiac, iambic), philosophy, and history. That's not to suggest the Roman versions weren't excellent. They simply weren't very creative.

blank verse is often confused with free verse. free verse avoids traditional poetic forms such as rhyme schemes and conventional metres and can follow any pattern the poet wishes which means that the verses and lines can differ in length as the poet chooses. however blank verse like free verse is also unrhymed but each line in blank verse has roughly the same number of stresses and syllables, usually following the iambic pentameter