blank verse

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Noun

blank verse noun

A poetic form with regular meter, particularly iambic pentameter, but no fixed rhyme scheme.“Milton's command of blank verse exceeds even Shakespeare's.”

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free verse blank nonaccent poetrylessness rhymelessness poemlessness refractory rhyme blank slate atonality unstress freewrite meterlessness monoscene verblessness freewriting blank canvas

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