blank verse

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blank verse

noun blank verses

  1. countable, uncountable 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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noun a poetic form with regular meter

Españolverso blanco
中文無韻詩 /无韵诗 wúyùnshī
Portuguêsverso branco, verso solto
Françaisvers blanc
DeutschBlankvers
Italianoverso sciolto
Românăvers alb
Русскийбелый стих belyj stix
עבריתחָרוּז לָבָן ẖarúz laván

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@misc{blank_verse_2026,
  title = {blank verse},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/blank%20verse},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}