Monday, October 13, 2008

Blank Verse

Blank Verse: A verse that contains no rhyme scheme but is usually set in Iambic Pentameter.

Example: Robert Frost's poem "The Mending Wall"
(http://writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88/frost-mending.html)


Something there is that doesn't love a wall,
That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it,
And spills the upper boulders in the sun,
And makes gaps even two can pass abreast.

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