Which form of unrhymed poetry is Christopher Marlowe credited with popularizing?

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Christopher Marlowe is renowned for pioneering blank verse, a style of unrhymed poetry written in iambic pentameter. Unlike sonnets or trochaic heptameter, blank verse does not rhyme but maintains a consistent meter, making it a significant development in English dramatic and poetic literature.

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Which form of unrhymed poetry is Christopher Marlowe credited with popularizing?

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