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Difference Between Blank Verse and Free Verse

Although their names are similar, blank verse and free verse are decidedly different. Blank verse is bound by a metrical pattern—almost always iambic pentameter. It has been an immensely popular form for English language poetry for centuries, spanning from Shakespeare and Milton to Eliot and Frost.

Free verse has also existed for centuries, but it rose in prominence during the nineteenth century and remains so to this day. It is not bound by rules of rhyme and meter, although lines of free verse may be interspersed with more formally structured lines.

Living poets who are writing poetry today are generally unburdened with rules of rhyme or meter. This effectively makes free verse more popular than ever, but if you look carefully, many of these supposedly “free” poems may have more structure than meets the eye.

The main difference between blank verse and exempt verse is that free verse is not written in consistent meter patterns, rhyme, or any other musical pattern whereas blank verse is written in regular metrical patterns.

To make it easier to understand, here's the shorter explanation for both.

Definition
Blank Verse  is written in unconstipated metric but unrhymed lines .
Free Verse  does not use a consistent meter, verse or any other traffic pattern .

Metrical Pattern
Blank Verse  is written in the regular metric pattern .
Free Verse is not written in a regular metric practice .

Iambic Pentameter
Blank Verse by and large follows iambic pentameter .
Free Verse does not follow iambic pentameter.

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Reference(s):
https://livingcorner.com.au/what-is-the-difference-between-free-verse-and-blank-verse-1637510597/

https://www.masterclass.com/articles/poetry-101-what-is-the-difference-between-blank-verse-and-free-verse#examples-of-free-verse-poems

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