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free verse

 
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–noun Prosody.
verse that does not follow a fixed metrical pattern.
Origin:
1905–10

Related forms:
free-ver⋅si⋅fi⋅er  [free-vur-suh-fahy-er] , noun
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free verse  
n.  Verse composed of variable, usually unrhymed lines having no fixed metrical pattern.

[Translation of French vers libre : vers, verse + libre, free.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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