a drama in iambic verse

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• Iambic pentameter — is a type of meter that is used in poetry and drama. It describes a particular rhythm that the words establish in each line. That rhythm is measured in small groups of syllables; these small groups of syllables are called feet . The word iambic… …   Wikipedia

• Drama — For other uses, see Drama (disambiguation). Dramas redirects here. For the indie rock band, see The Dramas. See also: Theatre Literature Major forms …   Wikipedia

• verse — I. /vɜs / (say vers) noun 1. (in non technical use) a stanza or other subdivision of a metrical composition: the first verse of a hymn. 2. a succession of metrical feet written or printed or orally composed as one line; one of the lines of a poem …  

• blank verse — n. unrhymed verse; esp., unrhymed verse having five iambic feet per line, as in Elizabethan drama: cf. FREE VERSE …   English World dictionary

• blank verse — unrhymed verse, esp. the unrhymed iambic pentameter most frequently used in English dramatic, epic, and reflective verse. [1580 90] * * * Unrhymed verse, specifically unrhymed iambic pentameter, the preeminent dramatic and narrative verse form in …   Universalium

• Blank verse — is a type of poetry, distinguished by having a regular meter, but no rhyme. In English, the meter most commonly used with blank verse has been iambic pentameter (like that which is used in Shakespearean plays). The first known use of blank verse… …   Wikipedia

• Heroic drama — is a type of play popular during the Restoration era in England, distinguished by both its verse structure and its subject matter. [Eugene M. Waith, Ideas of Greatness: Heroic Drama in England , London, Routledge, 1971.] [John Douglas Canfield,… …   Wikipedia

• Poetry — This article is about the art form. For other uses, see Poetry (disambiguation). Literature Major forms Novel · Poem · Drama Short story · Novella …   Wikipedia

• Greek literature — Introduction       body of writings in the Greek language, with a continuous history extending from the 1st millennium BC to the present day. From the beginning its writers were Greeks living not only in Greece proper but also in Asia Minor, the… …   Universalium

• PROSODY, HEBREW — This article is a survey of the history of Hebrew poetic forms from the Bible to the present time. The entry is arranged according to the following outline: introduction the variety of formal systems the specific nature of hebrew literary history …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Latin literature — Introduction       the body of writings in Latin, primarily produced during the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, when Latin was a spoken language. When Rome fell, Latin remained the literary language of the Western medieval world until it was …   Universalium