Blank Verse
Blank Verse is said to have been introduced into English by William Surrey. Blank Verse is poetry that is written in unrhymed iambic pentameter. Being oftenly unobtrusive, the iambic pentameter form resembles the rhythms of ordinary speech. William Shakespeare wrote most of his plays in blank verse.
Example 1: William Shakespeare Excerpt from Macbeth
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
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Example 2 by John Berryman
excerpt from The Ball Poem
What is the boy now, who has lost his ball,
What, what is he to do? I saw it go
Merrily bouncing, down the street, and then
Merrily over-there it is in the water!
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