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Blank Verse An example of blank verse, which is unrhymed poetry that is most often written in iambic pentameter which resembles the rhythm of ordinary speech, is:

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!

Here is a famous one 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."

Shakespeare uses blank verse in this case to portray how desultory and pointless our lives are. Shakespeare makes use of blank verse in order to gain some flexibility as blank verse is unrhymed although it still retains its meter (regular).

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Get out a copy of the play, close your eyes, open it and point. Odds are, that's blank verse.

Parts that are not blank verse include the parts in rhyme: the prologues, Romeo and Juliet's Sonnet conversation and the occasional couplet, especially at the end of scenes. Blank verse is unrhymed iambic pentameter.

There are also some parts in prose. Act 1 Scene 1 is in prose up to the point where Capulet and Montague enter. The servants at the beginning of Act 1 Scene 5 and the end of Act 4 Scene 5 talk in prose too. Prose isn't blank verse because it's not in iambic pentameter rhythm.

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Blank verse is known by having units fiveOf the iambic type which always sounds

Ta-DUM ta-DUM ta-DUM ta-DUM ta-DUM

But strange to say although it is called verse

Its lines may or may not contain a rhyme.

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Check out paragraphs 12, 14 and 3 and you should find some.

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No. "Blank verse rhyme" is an oxymoron because by definition 'blank verse' has meter but no rhyme.

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y do u need to know that your not Romeo nor Juilet

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ur momma is fat and ugly

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What are examples for blank verse in Romeo and Juliet?

Examples of blank verse in "Romeo and Juliet" include Juliet's speech in Act 4, Scene 3, where she agonizes over taking the potion to fake her death, and Mercutio's Queen Mab speech in Act 1, Scene 4. Blank verse is unrhymed iambic pentameter, a common verse form used throughout the play for dialogue between characters.


Romeo and Juliet is written in which form?

Blank verse


What is the term for the form in which Romeo and Juliet is written?

Blank verse


The play Romeo and Juliet is written in which form?

Blank Verse


Which characters in Romeo and Juliet use blank verse?

Generally (but not always!) Shakespeare's characters who spoke in blank verse are the lower-status characters. Think of which characters are not as important, then compare that to some of their speech in Romeo and Juliet.


What is the best description of the language shakespeare primarily uses in romeo and juliet?

Blank verse


What is the best description of the language that Shakespeare primarily uses in Romeo and Juliet?

Blank Verse


Are the first four lines in the prologue of Romeo and Juliet blank verse- Why or why not?

No, it is in strict Iambic Pentametor.


An example of free verse in Romeo and Juliet?

There isn't any free verse in Romeo and Juliet--not in Shakespeare's in any case. Perhaps you are thinking of blank verse. There is lots of that. An example is the first line, "Two households both alike in dignity."


Why do you think Romeo does not speak in blank verse in the conversation with his friends?

Romeo doesn't speak in blank verse because he is in an excited and emotional state after meeting Juliet. His dialogue with his friends is informal and reflects his heightened emotions, so he speaks in prose instead of the more structured blank verse.


Which of the following is true of the writing Shakespeare does in Romeo and Juliet?

Its blank verse, it generally doesn't rhyme, it has a set rhythm


Is blank verse a new type of development in poetry?

Nope it isn't... its been around for a very long time.. even shakespeare uses blank verse in his stories.. one example is in romeo and juliet.