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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

Inspired, Hanks’ Falstaff roused to life and improvised about birds in blank verse, Linklater said, talking about “the dove of peace on Noah's Ark” before working his way back to his original line.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 2018

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

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow