Blank Verse is poetry in unrhymed iambic pentameter. (Blank means that the words do not rhyme)
Iambic meter happens when a stressed syllable follows an unstressed syllable.
Example: The word prefer.
An unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable is called an iambic unit.
Iambic pentameter means that there are 5 (penta) of these units in each line.
Here is an example:
But Soft! What light through yonder window breaks?
Iambic meter happens when a stressed syllable follows an unstressed syllable.
Example: The word prefer.
An unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable is called an iambic unit.
Iambic pentameter means that there are 5 (penta) of these units in each line.
Here is an example:
But Soft! What light through yonder window breaks?