Blank Verse
Blank verse is a form of poetry, obviously. What sets it apart from all the other forms is the fact that blank verse does not rhyme.The meter is usually iambic (a pattern of unstressed syllables followed by stressed), and pentameter ( a line consisting of five feet).
A line of blank verse would go like this:
(Imagine that the "da" is stressed and the "la" is unstressed, and each "la da" equals one foot)
la da la da la da la da la da
or
I watch the rolling hills fly by my eyes
Though, technically, all lines are supposed to be exactly iambic, Tangerine! understands that sometimes it doesn't want to quite work out that way, and that's fine with us -- we do it too!
The UVic Writer's Guide: Blank Verse
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