Blank Verse/Unrhymed Iambic Pentameter

Rothman, David J.; Spear, Susan Delaney

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-53096-9_5

David J. Rothman³ &
Susan Delaney Spear⁴

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Ah, the blank verse line, the mysterium tremendum! The concept is simple, but transformative: add one more iambic foot onto the tetrameter.

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Graduate Program Director, Poetry, Western State Colorado University, Gunnison, CO, USA
Dr. David J. Rothman
Department of English, Colorado Christian University Department of English, Lakewood, CO, USA
Susan Delaney Spear

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Rothman, D., Spear, S. (2022). Blank Verse/Unrhymed Iambic Pentameter. In: Learning the Secrets of English Verse. Springer Texts in Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53096-9_5

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53096-9_5
Published: 10 August 2022
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