Blank Verse
verse which is void of rhyme; any kind of verse in which BLANK VERSE, verse which is void us is without rhyme. The first attempt at blank verse in English appears to have us-is without rhyme. The first attempt been a translation of the first and fourth at least such of it as has come down to books of the "Eneid" by the Earl of Surrey, who was executed in 1547. Its felt, and it was in general use in dra- suitability for the drama was at once matic composition before Shakespeare began to write, which is supposed to have suitability for the drama was at once been about 1591. It was, however, almost entirely confined to the drama down to the appearance of "Paradise Lost," by Milton, in 1667. Since Milton's time, blank verse has come into use in various kinds of poetry besides the dramatic; Milton, in 1667. Since Milton's time, but it is principally in the heroic meter kinds of poetry besides the dramatic; blank verse has come into use in various stricted to that kind of meter. and, indeed, by some the term is reobsolete and their elytra soldered together. They frequent gloomy, damp