Iambic+verse

  • 31blank verse — n. unrhymed verse; esp., unrhymed verse having five iambic feet per line, as in Elizabethan drama: cf. FREE VERSE …

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  • 32Donald Davie's Some Notes on Rhythm in Verse — Some Notes on Rhythm in Verse by Donald Davie first appeared in Agenda Poetry, in the Autumn / Winter issue 1972–73, and was later collected in his book of essays and interviews, Trying To Explain. It is a short piece comprising seven numbered… …

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  • 33accentual-syllabic verse — ▪ prosody       in prosody, the metrical system that is most commonly used in English poetry. It is based on both the number of stresses, or accents, and the number of syllables in each line of verse. A line of iambic pentameter verse, for… …

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  • 34syllabic verse — ▪ literature       in prosody, the metrical system that is most commonly used in English poetry. It is based on both the number of stresses, or accents, and the number of syllables in each line of verse. A line of iambic pentameter (pentameter)… …

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  • 35blank verse — noun Date: 1588 unrhymed verse; specifically unrhymed iambic pentameter verse …

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  • 36blank verse — unrhymed verse, unrhymed iambic pentameter verse …

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  • 37blank verse — Unrhymed verse (especially the heroic verse of five iambic feet) …

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  • 38heroic verse — hero′ic verse′ n. pro a form of verse adapted to the treatment of heroic or exalted themes: in classical poetry, dactylic hexameter; in English and German, iambic pentameter; and in French, the Alexandrine …

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  • 39blank verse — /blæŋk ˈvɜs / (say blangk vers) noun 1. unrhymed verse. 2. the unrhymed iambic pentameter verse most frequently used in English dramatic, epic, and reflective poems …

  • 40heroic verse — /həˌroʊɪk ˈvɜs/ (say huh.rohik vers) noun a form of verse adapted to the treatment of heroic or exalted themes; in classical poetry, the hexameter; in English, German, and Italian, the iambic of ten syllables; and in French, the Alexandrine… …