verse
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3.4
- noun
- /vɜrs/
- Literature
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verso
- I am, as you may have gathered from the snippet of verse quoted above, a literary man.
- opening verse
- first verse
- recite verses
It's the same chords as the verse, but just twice as fast.
- It's the same chords as the verse, but just twice as fast.
- He also does talk about another verse that follows.
- You in that next verse trouble and see that's what I need.
- It seems that these verses have become a thing.
- So that first verse part, which is kind of the cool.
- The hungry child, fierce shaking with her first verse as the either or of any dilemma.
Examples
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And here's where we get the second verse coming in.
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In groups of three, write a haiku or short verse to go with the picture.
Academic text (1990) -
Let me start with a verse which I will read out.
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Feel free to make up a verse or two of your own.
Fiction book (1993) -
It's the most interesting verse in the whole of the New Testament.
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These three verses will be our guide.
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So I sing the verses, you sing the chorus.
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And in that spirit, I want to end with some verses from Auden.
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The first verse of the song introduces the main theme of love.
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In her poem, each verse captures a different emotion and thought.
Synonyms
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1.8
A short poem with matching end sounds
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4.4
A group of lines in a poem that form one unit
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8.2
A line of poetry with five beats
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5.9
Two lines of poetry next to each other that usually rhyme
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7.4
A group of four lines in a poem often with a rhyme
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3.5
A single row of words in a poem that forms meaning or rhythm
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7.7
Unrhymed lines of poetry that usually have five beats and sound like natural speech
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9.9
A short verse in classical Sanskrit poetry with a fixed rhythm
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4.0
A single row of words that is part of a poem
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9.9
A single line of a poem often found in classical poetry
A group of four lines in a poem with ABAB rhyme often used for poems about loss
A four-line stanza with ten syllables per line and an abab rhyme used in epic poems
Two lines of poetry that rhyme and give a complete thought
Three lines of a poem that form a unit, often with a rhyme
Six lines in a poem that form one part, often the last lines of an Italian sonnet
A group of eight lines in a poem that form a stanza
A poem that has only one line
A single line of a poem with its own rhythm
A single line of a poem
A line of poetry with fourteen syllables often used in ballads
Compounds
- Literature
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7.7
Unrhymed lines of poetry that usually have five beats and sound like natural speech
- Literature
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7.0
A type of poem with a set number of lines and rhythm like a sonnet or haiku
- Literature
A short, silly poem with an uneven beat that people see as low quality
- Literature
A four-line stanza with a set rhythm used in ancient Greek and Latin poetry
- Literature
A pattern of long lines in poetry used for grand stories like epic poems
How Long
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word verse comes from the Latin versus, meaning 'a line', from vertere 'to turn'. So a verse is a single line or a group of lines in a poem or song, a 'turned' piece of writing.