verse
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- noun
- /vɜrs/
- Literature
- I am, as you may have gathered from the snippet of verse quoted above, a literary man.
- opening verse
- first verse
- recite verses
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Watch on YouTubeIt'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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7.7
Unrhymed lines of poetry that usually have five beats and sound like natural speech
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3.5
A single row of words in a poem that forms meaning or 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 short verse in classical Sanskrit poetry with a fixed rhythm
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5.4
A single line of a poem with its own rhythm
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8.6
Three lines of a poem that form a unit, often with a rhyme
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9.4
Six lines in a poem that form one part, often the last lines of an Italian sonnet
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6.1
A group of eight lines in a poem that form a stanza
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9.9
A poem that has only one line
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9.9
A group of four lines in a poem with ABAB rhyme often used for poems about loss
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7.9
Two lines of poetry that rhyme and give a complete thought
A four-line stanza with ten syllables per line and an abab rhyme used in epic poems
A single line of a poem often found in classical poetry
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
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9.7
A pattern of long lines in poetry used for grand stories like epic poems
- Literature
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9.4
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
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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.