Writing A Blank Verse Lesson
One of the most common forms of poetry is blank verse. Poems written in blank verse contain ten syllables per line, but the lines do not rhyme. There are no regulations for stanza size or the length of the poem. A great deal of Shakespeare's work is written in blank verse, as is Milton's Paradise Lost.
Of all the poetic forms, blank verse is closest to natural speech. Let's see if this quality surfaces in this excerpt from Robert Frost's famous poem, "Mending Wall."
Something there is that doesn't love a wall,
That sends the frozen-ground swell under it
And spills the upper boulders in the sun,
And makes gaps even two can pass abreast.
The work of hunters is another thing:
I have come after them and made repair
Where they have left not one stone on a stone,
But they would have the rabbit out of hiding.
Notice the ten-syllable, non-rhyming lines. Do they have a natural flow to them? What kind of freedom does the release from rhyming allow?
Writing Exercise Prompt
Write a blank verse poem at least sixteen lines long. You might want to write the poem first, and then make the necessary adjustments to create ten-syllable lines.
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