verse

1. (countable, uncountable)A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme.

   Restoration literature is well known for its carefully constructed verse.

   Vers

   стихstix

   віршvirš

2. (countable, uncountable)Poetic form in general.

   The restrictions of verse have steadily been relaxed over time.

   стихstix

   пое́маpoéma, пое́зіяpoézija

   literature in metrical form

3. (countable, uncountable)One of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed.

   Note the shift in tone between the first verse and the second.

   Strophe, Vers

   купле́тkuplét, строфа́strofá

4. (countable, uncountable)A small section of a holy book (Bible, Quran etc.)

   Vers

   стихstix

   віршvirš

5. (countable, uncountable)A portion of an anthem to be performed by a single voice to each part.

1. He translated the verse into English.

   deEr übersetzte die Strophe ins Englische.

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2. This ballad is thirty verses long.

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3. Tom forgot the words to the second verse, so he sang the first verse again.

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4. I really like decasyllabic verses in poetry.

   Мені дуже подобаються десятискладові вірші в поезії.

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5. Let's read a few verses from the Bible.

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