free verse
белый стих, верлибр
A poetic form divided into lines of no particular length or meter, without a rhyme schemeA poetic form divided into lines of no particular length or meter, without a rhyme scheme.
» Free verse gives the writer great freedom.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)A poetic form divided into lines of no particular length or meter, without a rhyme scheme.
Whitman uses free verse to achieve effects impossible under even the broad restrictions of blank verse.
верли́брverlíbr, бе́лый стихbélyj stix
More definitions
- unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
Examples
4 sentencesFree verse gives the writer great freedom.
After this he often used a personal form of free verse.
I mostly write free verse.
I mostly write free verse, but I employ meter and rhyme from time to time.
Translations
4 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
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Origin
A calque of French vers libre.A calque of French vers libre.
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Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern:vers libre
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable