Poetic Form
Blank Verse
Introduced into English by Surrey's translation of Virgil (c.1540). Milton, Wordsworth, Tennyson, and Stevens all made it their primary vehicle.
Definition
Unrhymed iambic pentameter — the dominant metre of English dramatic poetry, epic, and much meditative verse.
Example
Shakespeare: 'To be, or not to be, that is the question: / Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer…'