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free verse
[ free vurs ]
noun
- verse that does not follow a fixed metrical pattern.
free verse
noun
- unrhymed verse without a metrical pattern
free verse
- Verse without regular meter or rhyme . Leaves of Grass, by Walt Whitman , is written almost entirely in free verse.
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Other Words From
- free-ver·si·fi·er [free, -, vur, -s, uh, -fahy-er], noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of free verse1
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Example Sentences
In fact, you can send me any type of poem — even doggerel or free verse — as long as it is no more than 17 lines long.
Free verse is a sign of the New, also the dream of a free world and the planetary patriotism.
Any one who has ever written love-letters—which are a kind of aboriginal free-verse—knows what they are.
There seems to be a certain confusion whereby free verse is held to be a movement in the direction of free speech.
The objection to most of the “free verse” that is being written to-day is that in form it is neither delightful nor memorable.
"The Toys" of Coventry Patmore is a good example of what "free verse" ought to be.
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