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1Blank verse — is a type of poetry, distinguished by having a regular meter, but no rhyme. In English, the meter most commonly used with blank verse has been iambic pentameter (like that which is used in Shakespearean plays). The first known use of blank verse… …
2Blank verse — Blank Blank, a. [OE. blank, blonc, blaunc, blaunche, fr. F. blanc, fem. blanche, fr. OHG. blanch shining, bright, white, G. blank; akin to E. blink, cf. also AS. blanc white. ?98. See {Blink}, and cf. 1st {Blanch}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of a white… …
3Blank verse — Verse Verse, n. [OE. vers, AS. fers, L. versus a line in writing, and, in poetry, a verse, from vertere, versum, to turn, to turn round; akin to E. worth to become: cf. F. vers. See {Worth} to become, and cf. {Advertise}, {Averse}, {Controversy} …
4blank verse — n. unrhymed verse; esp., unrhymed verse having five iambic feet per line, as in Elizabethan drama: cf. FREE VERSE …
5Blank verse — (engl., spr. blänk wörs), der reimlose fünffüßige Jambus, das eigentliche dramatische Versmaß der Engländer, wie nach ihrem Vorgang auch der Deutschen. Er wurde in England zuerst von Surrey (gest. 1547) als Metrum für epische Dichtungen… …
6blank verse — n [U] poetry that has a fixed ↑rhythm but does not ↑rhyme →↑free verse …
7blank verse — blank′ verse′ n. pro unrhymed verse • Etymology: 1580–90 …
8blank verse — ► NOUN ▪ verse without rhyme …
9blank verse — noun uncount a type of poetry that has a regular pattern of sounds but does not have lines that RHYME …
10blank verse — 1580s; the thing itself is attested in English poetry from mid 16c. and is classical in origin …
