Definitions for blank verse
blank verse

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1. blank versenoun

   unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)

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1. blank versenoun

   A poetic form with regular meter, particularly iambic pentameter, but no fixed rhyme scheme.

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1. Blank verse

   Blank verse is poetry written with regular metrical but unrhymed lines, almost always in iambic pentameter. It has been described as "probably the most common and influential form that English poetry has taken since the 16th century", and Paul Fussell has estimated that "about three quarters of all English poetry is in blank verse".The first known use of blank verse in English was by Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey in his translation of the Æneid (composed c. 1540; published posthumously, 1554–1557). He may have been inspired by the Latin original since classical Latin verse did not use rhyme, or possibly he was inspired by Ancient Greek verse or the Italian verse form of versi sciolti, both of which also did not use rhyme. The play Arden of Faversham (around 1590 by an unknown author) is a notable example of end-stopped blank verse.

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1. Blank verse

   Blank verse is poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter. It has been described as "probably the most common and influential form that English poetry has taken since the sixteenth century" and Paul Fussell has estimated that "about three-quarters of all English poetry is in blank verse." The first documented use of blank verse in the English language was by Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey in his translation of the Æneid. He was possibly inspired by the Latin original, as classical Latin verse did not use rhyme; or he may have been inspired by the Italian verse form of versi sciolti, which also contained no rhyme. The play Arden of Faversham is a notable example of end-stopped blank verse. Christopher Marlowe was the first English author to make full use of the potential of blank verse, and also established it as the dominant verse form for English drama in the age of Elizabeth I and James I. The major achievements in English blank verse were made by William Shakespeare, who wrote much of the content of his plays in unrhymed iambic pentameter, and Milton, whose Paradise Lost is written in blank verse. Miltonic blank verse was widely imitated in the 18th century by such poets as James Thomson and William Cowper. Romantic English poets such as William Wordsworth, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and John Keats used blank verse as a major form. Shortly afterwards, Alfred, Lord Tennyson became particularly devoted to blank verse, using it for example in his long narrative poem "The Princess", as well as for one of his most famous poems: "Ulysses". Among American poets, Hart Crane and Wallace Stevens are notable for using blank verse in extended compositions at a time when many other poets were turning to free verse.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of blank verse in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of blank verse in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1