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blank verse

[blangk vurs] / ˈblæŋk ˈvɜrs /
NOUN
iambic pentameter
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"This is the biggest mountain because I was always worried about the iambic pentameter, about blank verse, and not being trained as an actor," he says.

From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2024

The theater piece is written in deliberately Bard-like blank verse and alludes to Shakespearean plots.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 20, 2022

Those who went for blank verse seemed to think that anything, however banal,

From Washington Post ● Jun. 18, 2020

This handsome RKO film, directed by John Ford and adapted from Maxwell Anderson’s blank verse drama, hit the box office like a dud cannon ball.

From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2018

The play was demanding because the dialogue was in blank verse.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow


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