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
無韻詩: 英語格律詩的壹種。每行用五個長短格音步――十個音節組成,每首行數不拘,不壓韻。 音步類型都采取抑揚格五音步。不押韻的詩稱無韻詩或白體詩。多用在戲劇和敘事詩中。莎士比亞的戲劇和彌爾頓的Paradise Lost 都是用無韻詩寫成的。 押韻的詩叫rhymed verse。無韻詩不同於自由詩。無韻詩雖不押韻,但是有固定節奏,以揚抑格五音步最常見。
Free verse is a form of poetry which refrains from meter patterns, rhyme, or any other musical pattern自由詩是壹種不受格律、韻腳或其他音樂節拍約束的詩歌形式。