blank verse
Example Sentences
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"This is the biggest mountain because I was always worried about the iambic pentameter, about blank verse, and not being trained as an actor," he says.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2024
The theater piece is written in deliberately Bard-like blank verse and alludes to Shakespearean plots.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 20, 2022
Those who went for blank verse seemed to think that anything, however banal,
From Washington Post • Jun. 18, 2020
This handsome RKO film, directed by John Ford and adapted from Maxwell Anderson’s blank verse drama, hit the box office like a dud cannon ball.
From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2018
The play was demanding because the dialogue was in blank verse.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
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