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Definition: Blank Verse |
Blank VerseNoun1. Unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Blank Verse English verse without rhyme. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The first known use of blank verse in the English language was by Henry Howard, Earl of Arundel and Surrey in his interpretation of the Æneid (c. 1554). He was likely inspired by the Italian verse form of versi sciolti, which contained no rhyme.
Blank verse is most associated with William Shakespeare, who wrote much of the content of his plays in unrhymed iambic pentameter.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Blank verse."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Poetry | Verse, rhyme, assonance, crambo, meter, measure, foot, numbers, strain, rhythm; accentuation; (voice); dactyl, spondee, trochee, anapest; hexameter, pentameter; Alexandrine; anacrusis, antispast, blank verse, ictus. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Blank Verse |
| English words defined with "blank verse": Christopher Marlowe ♦ Marlowe ♦ rhymeless, rimeless ♦ tag ♦ unrhymed, unrimed. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "blank verse": Last of the Goths. (references) |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
blank verse | 44 |
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| Language | Translations for "blank verse"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | varg i bardhë. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | شعر مرسل (blank), شعر حر (free verse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | бял стих. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | blankvers. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | vers non rimés, vers blancs. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | blankvers. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | στίχοσ ανομοιοκατάληκτοσ, ανομοιοκαταληξία. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | שיר" לא מחורזת. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | rímtelen vers. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | versi sciolti. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 無韻詩 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | むい"し. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ankblay ersevay verso branco. (various references) белый стих. (various references) slobodan stih. (various references) verso suelto. (various references) blankvers. (various references) uyaksız şiir, kafiyesiz şiir. (various references) mesur di-odl. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Blank Verse" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: blank verce, blank vese. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-e-k-l-n-r-s-v" | |
-2 letters: enablers, enslaver, klaverns, servable, verbenas. | |
-3 letters: alkenes, baleens, balkers, bankers, beakers, beavers, berakes, blanker, bleaker, enabler, enables, enslave, kernels, klavern, laveers, leakers, leaners, leavens, leavers, lekvars, rankles, reveals, several, sneaker, vakeels, vealers, verbals, verbena. | |
-4 letters: abeles, akenes, alkene, aneles, ankles, averse, bakers, baleen, balers, balker, banker, beaker, beaver, berake, bevels, blanks, blares, bleaks. | |
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