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free verse

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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.]
free verse
n
(Literature / Poetry) unrhymed verse without a metrical pattern
free verse - Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter.
See also related terms for poetry.
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Noun1.free verse - unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
vers libre
poem, verse form - a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines
Translations
free verse n → verso libero
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