What is blank verse?

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What is blank verse?

Accepted Answer

Unrhymed iambic pentameter — used by noble characters in Shakespeare — Blank verse: unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter (10 syllables, da-DUM pattern). Shakespeare uses it for noble/serious characters. Lower-status characters often speak in prose.

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Poetry with no words

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Free verse with no rhythm

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Rhyming couplets

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Unrhymed iambic pentameter — used by noble characters in Shakespeare

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