391 Mark Twain's Publishing Fiasco | Great Literary Terms and Devices Part 2 (with Mike Palindrome)
The History of Literature
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Is It a Blank Verse?
Bank verse is such an interesting word, why not unrhymed or some other adjective instead of blank? It apparently comes from italian, where the verse was called verse scholti. So for example, when they say, your shoe laces are untied, they'll call them sholty. Blank verse is my number six. E, let's goi, ok, moving on. You're number seven. I personally have come back to rhymeini. It drove me crazy for a while, n rhyming and poetry. But now, i think, with his age, started to appreciate it more so in defence of rhyme.
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