ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -“Blank verse” is a literary term that refers to poetry written in unrhymed but metered lines, almost always iambic pentameter.

Detailed explanation-2: -Blank verse, the basic pattern of language in Shakespeare’s plays, is (in its regular form) a verse line of ten syllables with five stresses and no rhyme (hence “blank"). It was first used in England by Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey* in his translation of the Æneid (c.

Detailed explanation-3: -Blank Verse is a poetic form which doesn’t rhyme but instead a rhythmic pattern marks it out. Blank Verse is written in Iambic Pentameter meaning that each line has 10 syllables with a stress on syllables 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10.

Detailed explanation-4: -Iambic pentameter is used frequently, in verse, poetry and even pop songs. This rhythm was popularised by Elizabethan and Jacobean dramatised such as Shakespeare and John Donne, and is still used today by modern authors (read sonnet examples from other poets – some use iambic pentameters and some use other meters).

Detailed explanation-5: -Verse poetry is poetry that has both a consistent meter and a rhyme scheme. Blank verse is poetry based on unrhymed lines and a definite meter, usually of iambic pentameter. Both blank verse and free verse are free from rhyme scheme.