free verse

[ free-vurs ]
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nounProsody.
  1. verse that does not follow a fixed metrical pattern.

Origin of free verse

1
First recorded in 1905–10

Other words from free verse

  • free-ver·si·fi·er [free-vur-suh-fahy-er], /ˈfriˈvɜr səˌfaɪ ər/, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for free verse

free verse

noun
  1. unrhymed verse without a metrical pattern

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Cultural definitions for free verse

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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