blank verse

noun

Definition of blank versenext
as in free verse

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Recent Examples of blank verse The piece has the pattern of blank verse. — Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 27 Oct. 2025 But Kantor wrote it in blank verse — little help for the script. — Peter Bart, Deadline, 24 Apr. 2025 Through a stylish mix of prose, blank verse and illustrations, Last on His Feet captures these tensions with unsparing poignancy. — Brandon Tensley, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2023 Onto the page spilled more than ten thousand lines of the richest and most resourceful blank verse in the English language, arranged into ten books in 1667, then rearranged into twelve in 1674. — Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024 Taking precedence over encomiums and recitations, costumes and nostalgia is the book itself, 710 pages of inner monologue and dialogue, stream of consciousness, blank verse, Greek classics and the venues and byways of Dublin, 1904. — Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2022
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  1. free verse
  2. poetry
Noun
  • There was no such thing as free verse until the late 19th century.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 23 June 2026
  • The poem’s narrative frequently shifts between different speakers and languages, and Eliot employed a range of styles and techniques, including free verse and stream of consciousness.
    — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 June 2026
Definition of free verse
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  • Perched on an oceanfront bluff 800 miles above the shore, its sprawling outdoor patio, once a buzzing boho hub of belly dancing and poetry readings, is now an idyllic setting for a sunset drink.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 July 2026
  • Adnan and Swiss curator, Hans Ulrich Obrist, discuss the value of epiphany and spontaneity in poetry, as well as memory in relation to architecture.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
Definition of poetry

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