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free verse

[ free vurs ]

noun

Prosody.
  1. verse that does not follow a fixed metrical pattern.


free verse

noun

  1. unrhymed verse without a metrical pattern
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free verse

  1. Verse without regular meter or rhyme . Leaves of Grass, by Walt Whitman , is written almost entirely in free verse.
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Other Word Forms

  • ڰ-··ھ· [free, -, vur, -s, uh, -fahy-er], noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of free verse1

First recorded in 1905–10
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