Antonyms for blank verse

Grammar : Noun

prose

Definition of blank verse

Origin : 1580s; the thing itself is attested in English poetry from mid-16c. and is classical in origin.

As in poem : noun highly expressive, rhythmical literary piece
As in iambic pentameter : noun a meter in poetry
As in poesy : noun poem

Example sentences :

But we must now regard the application of blank verse to the use of the drama.
Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald

Blank verse he would have found quite easy compared to this.
Extract from : « David Elginbrod » by George MacDonald

The use of blank verse had yet to be discovered, and Lyly was to have a hand in this matter also.
Extract from : « John Lyly » by John Dover Wilson

I believe they talk in blank verse with occasional lapses into rhyme.
Extract from : « Molly Brown's Orchard Home » by Nell Speed

His facility in the handling of blank verse is also remarkable.
Extract from : « Victorian Worthies » by George Henry Blore

Philippa occasionally broke into blank verse like this, but not often.
Extract from : « Much Darker Days » by Andrew Lang (AKA A. Huge Longway)

But the last of the three is the essential of Miltonic blank verse.
Extract from : « Milton » by Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh

In England the dispute is not yet settled which is to be preferred, rhyme or blank verse.
Extract from : « Seven Discourses on Art » by Joshua Reynolds

He had not the slightest notion of what blank verse should be.
Extract from : « The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, Vol. 3. (of 4) » by Thomas Babington Macaulay

This is a very modern gathering, and blank verse is not appreciated.
Extract from : « Dorothy's Triumph » by Evelyn Raymond

Synonyms for blank verse

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