blank versenoun [ U ]
uk/ˌblæŋk ˈvɜːs/us/ˌblæŋk ˈvɝːs/a type of poetry that does not rhyme, usually with ten syllables in each line
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Literature
- alliteration
- antihero
- arch-villain
- baddy
- ballad
- bard
- dramatist
- epigram
- heroine
- iambic
- ingénue
- limerick
- lit
- pantomime
- prose poem
- prosody
- psalm
- quatrain
- revue
- stylistics
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Examples from literature
- Each of these four scenes is in dialogue, the first three in blank verse, the last in prose.
- His views upon blank verse were shared by Johnson and Gray.
- Spanish blank verse is not unknown, but has never been cultivated with great success.
- The poem is full of colour, but the blank verse is somewhat heavy in movement.
- Three kinds of blank verse are known in English literature,—lyric, narrative, and dramatic.