Free Verse vs. Verse poetry is poetry that has both a consistent meter and a rhyme scheme. … Both blank verse and free verse are free from rhyme scheme. But, whereas blank verse does have a consistent meter, usually iambic pentameter, that creates a du-DUM rhythm effect, free verse isRead More →

Macbeth is, for the most part, written in blank verse. The basic unit of blank verse is a line in iambic pentameter without a rhyme scheme but, increasingly in his plays, Shakespeare’s use of the line and the number of its syllables and stresses became freer. How do you knowRead More →