Blank verse is poetry written in regular metrical but unrhymed lines, almost always iambic pentameters. It has been described as "probably the most common and influential form that English poetry has taken since the 16th century" and Paul Fussell has estimated that "about three-quarters of all English poetry is in blank verse."
The first documented use of blank verse in the English language was by Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey in his translation of the Æneid (composed c. 1540; published 1554-1557). He was possibly inspired by the Latin original, as classical Latin verse (as well as Ancient Greek verse) did not use rhyme; or he may have been inspired by the Italian verse form of versi sciolti, which also contained no rhyme.
The play Arden of Faversham (circa 1590 by an unknown author) is a notable example of end-stopped blank verse.
Christopher Marlowe was the first English author to make full use of the potential of blank verse. The major achievements in English blank verse were made by William Shakespeare, who wrote much of the content of his plays in unrhymed iambic pentameter, and John Milton, whose Paradise Lost is written in blank verse. Miltonic blank verse was widely imitated in the 18th century by such poets as James Thomson (in The Seasons) and William Cowper (in The Task). Romantic English poets such as William Wordsworth, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and John Keats used blank verse as a major form. Shortly afterwards, Alfred, Lord Tennyson became particularly devoted to blank verse, using it for example in his long narrative poem "The Princess", as well as for one of his most famous poems: "Ulysses". Among American poets, Hart Crane and Wallace Stevens are notable for using blank verse in extended compositions at a time when many other poets were turning to free verse.
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definitely didn't intend to dive back into the world of metrical poetry by writing a poem about a big snake but here we are. blank verse poetry is cool and everyone should write it!
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definitely didn't intend to dive back into the world of metrical poetry by writing a poem about a big snake but here we are. blank verse poetry is cool and everyone should write it!
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Blank verse is poetry written in regular metrical but unrhymed lines, almost always iambic pentameters. It has been described as "probably the most common and influential form that English poetry has taken since the 16th century" and Paul Fussell has estimated that "about three-quarters of all English poetry is in blank verse."
The first documented use of blank verse in the English language was by Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey in his translation of the Æneid (composed c. 1540; published 1554-1557). He was possibly inspired by the Latin original, as classical Latin verse (as well as Ancient Greek verse) did not use rhyme; or he may have been inspired by the Italian verse form of versi sciolti, which also contained no rhyme.
The play Arden of Faversham (circa 1590 by an unknown author) is a notable example of end-stopped blank verse.
Christopher Marlowe was the first English author to make full use of the potential of blank verse. The major achievements in English blank verse were made by William Shakespeare, who wrote much of the content of his plays in unrhymed iambic pentameter, and John Milton, whose Paradise Lost is written in blank verse. Miltonic blank verse was widely imitated in the 18th century by such poets as James Thomson (in The Seasons) and William Cowper (in The Task). Romantic English poets such as William Wordsworth, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and John Keats used blank verse as a major form. Shortly afterwards, Alfred, Lord Tennyson became particularly devoted to blank verse, using it for example in his long narrative poem "The Princess", as well as for one of his most famous poems: "Ulysses". Among American poets, Hart Crane and Wallace Stevens are notable for using blank verse in extended compositions at a time when many other poets were turning to free verse.
Harriet Walter takes the title of her book from Romeo and Juliet. Spying Juliet at her window after the Capulet ball, Romeo fervently describes her expressive form ... There’s a reason Shakespeare himself moved towards blank – that is, unrhymed – verse ... .
With lines of blank or unrhymed verse. Poetry of all kinds, but particularly free verse, is riding high in children’s books and stomping with its metrical feet through the book prizes.
Giving evidence today, he insisted he was thinking about her consent '100 percent'. He told Inner London Crown Court...Brown ... 'He seemed a pleasant guy and he knew his stuff and was very well-versed in the industry,' she recalled ... It is a complete blank ... .
'Nothing to worry about and nothing to see here.' ... Ms Swift told the court ... 'He's a good guy.' ... 'He seemed a pleasant guy and he knew his stuff and was very well-versed in the industry,' she recalled ... It is a complete blank ... The trial continues. .
You may as well be discussing the mating habits of the white-tailed deer, or what makes Milton’s blank verse so mighty, or anything else that will get people not to shout about current madness, but to ...
In Competition 3362 you were invited to submit a passage from Shakespeare as rewritten by the sensitivity reader. The entries were on the whole excellent and it was painful to have to jettison so many ... Blank verse being exclusionary, ... Adrian Fry ... .
It must make us always aware that the great biblical cry for liberty, “Let my people go!,” is only half the verse, which concludes “that they may serve Me.” ... is not just a blank check to do whatever.
That’s Not My Name opens with a white-hot stream of consciousness, blank verse recital in which Trotman lacerates herself for her privileged white, wealthy background and lack of empathy and rages ...
Macbeth (JohnnyCarr) himself is most like the character Shakespeare conceived, at least initially ... Carr is suitably haggard, bewildered and savage in a part stripped of its marrow, more comfortable with the blank verse than the heightened poetry ... .
... took on a sort of reverential glow when he talked about poetry and art in general, and there was a sense of shared secrecy when he talked about rhymes and couplets, meter, free verse and blank verse.
(“Hill’s Manual”? Highly recommend! It also includes chapters on such extremely compelling topics as “Tomb-Stone Inscriptions,” “DivisionFences Between Houses,” graceful postures to assume during social calls, and composing blank verse.) ... .
Verse novels are all the rage these days ... The other big selling point is that all those artful pages featuring more blank space than text make verse novels very, very quick to read.
Dystopia probably shouldn’t be this refreshing ... The only downside? Those who have survived must live in air-locked bubbles dependent on the air he sells back to them ... Culture. Books ... A teen tale of violence and salvation told in urgent blank verse ... .
WAY back in the day, I had a cat called Ferenc, named after the legendary Hungarian footballer Ferenc Puskas. His full name was Ferenc pusscat, which I thought was hilarious, but it drew a blank look from many folk not versed in football ... .
