Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Verse composed of variable, usually unrhymed lines having no fixed metrical pattern.
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- noun uncountable A poetic form divided into lines of no particular length or meter, without a rhyme scheme.
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- noun unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Translation of French vers libre : vers, verse + libre, free.]
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A calque of French vers libre.
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