as in blank verse
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The piece has the pattern of blank verse.
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But Kantor wrote it in blank verse — little help for the script.
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There was no such thing as free verse until the late 19th century.
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The poem’s narrative frequently shifts between different speakers and languages, and Eliot employed a range of styles and techniques, including free verse and stream of consciousness.
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Slathering your emotions across the page while crossing your fingers about the versification was what bad readers expected and what bad poets did.
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Auden’s career presents a sight unique in the annals of English literature: a vision of someone claiming as personal playground the entirety of English versification.
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Her new album, Fata Morgana, uses an array of cascading rhythms, impish hooks, and fierce poetry to interrogate her place in a corrupt American society.
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Avelar is a part of an extracurricular program run by America SCORES Bay Area, a nonprofit that allows students to learn and play the sport of soccer, as well as honing some of their academic skills through poetry.
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