free verse
Use Free verse in a sentencefree verse
noun Prosody.
verse that does not follow a fixed metrical pattern.
səˌfaɪ
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| free verse | |
| —n | |
| unrhymed verse without a metrical pattern | |
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Free verse
is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. Does it mean:
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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free verse definition
Verse without regular meter or rhyme. Leaves of Grass, by Walt Whitman, is written almost entirely in free verse.
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Example sentences
His inclination to this form did not stop him from using other forms such as free verse.
Poems can be short or long, funny or touching, rhymed or free verse.
Describe the characteristics of free verse, rhymed, and patterned poetry.
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