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I never abandoned either forms or freedom. I imagine that most of what could be called free verse is in my first book. I got through that fairly early.
Howard Nemerov

Meaning of "free verse" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FREE VERSE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FREE VERSE

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determiner
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Free verse is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FREE VERSE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Free verse

Free verse is an open form of poetry. It does not use consistent meter patterns, rhyme, or any other musical pattern. It thus tends to follow the rhythm of natural speech.

Definition of free verse in the English dictionary

The definition of free verse in the dictionary is unrhymed verse without a metrical pattern.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FREE VERSE

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free skater
free skating
Free Soil Party
free space
free speech
free spirit
Free State
Free Territory of Trieste
free thought
free throw
free trade
free vibration
free vote
free will
Free World
free zone

WORDS THAT END LIKE FREE VERSE

adverse
averse
blank verse
chapter and verse
controverse
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diverse
immerse
in reverse
inverse
masters of the universe
metaverse
multiverse
obverse
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reverse
transverse
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Twitterverse
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Synonyms and antonyms of free verse in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «free verse» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FREE VERSE

Find out the translation of free verse to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of free verse from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «free verse» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

自由诗
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

verso libre
570 millions of speakers

English

free verse
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मुक्त छंद
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الشعر الحر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

верлибр
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

verso livre
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিনামূল্যে পদ্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vers libre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ayat percuma
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

freien Vers
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

自由詩
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

무료 구절
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gratis ayat
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thơ tự do
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இலவச வசனம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मोफत पद्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

serbest nazım
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

verso libero
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wiersz wolny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

верлібр
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vers liber
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ελεύθερο στίχο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vrye vers
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fri vers
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

frie vers
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about free verse

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10 QUOTES WITH «FREE VERSE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word free verse.
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Dorothy Allison
Teenagers are free verse walking around on two legs.
2
John Barrymore
I've read some of your modern free verse and wonder who set it free.
3
James Fenton
Modernism in other arts brought extreme difficulty. In poetry, the characteristic difficulty imported under the name of modernism was obscurity. But obscurity could just as easily be a quality of metrical as of free verse.
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James Fenton
Free verse seemed democratic because it offered freedom of access to writers. And those who disdained free verse would always be open to accusations of elitism, mandarinism. Open form was like common ground on which all might graze their cattle - it was not to be closed in by usurping landlords.
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James Fenton
Metrics are not a device for restraining the mad, any more than 'open form' or free verse is a prairie where a man can do all kinds of manly things in a state of wholesome unrestrictedness.
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James Fenton
The voice is raised, and that is where poetry begins. And even today, in the prolonged aftermath of modernism, in places where 'open form' or free verse is the orthodoxy, you will find a memory of that raising of the voice in the term 'heightened speech.'
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Robert Morgan
If a poem is not memorable, there's probably something wrong. One of the problems of free verse is that much of the free verse poetry is not memorable.
8
Andrew Motion
But in a lot of ways my poems are very conventional, and it's no big deal for me to write a poem in either free verse or strict form; modern poets can, and do, do both.
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Andrew Motion
Well, it's a badge of honour for any self-respecting poet to be criticized by Auberon Waugh. But in a lot of ways my poems are very conventional, and it's no big deal for me to write a poem in either free verse or strict form; modern poets can, and do, do both.
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Howard Nemerov
I never abandoned either forms or freedom. I imagine that most of what could be called free verse is in my first book. I got through that fairly early.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FREE VERSE»

Discover the use of free verse in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to free verse and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Free Verse: An Essay on Prosody
Hartman examines nonmetrical verse, discusses the conventions that have emerged in the absence of meter, and shows how these conventions can work prosodically.
Charles O. Hartman, 1996
2
A History of Free Verse
This book examines the most salient and misunderstood aspect of twentieth-century poetry, free verse.
Chris Beyers, 2001
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The Origins of Free Verse
The book seeks to establish a consensus on the nature of free verse, with reference to critics and poets including Pound, Eliot, Williams, Amy Lowell, Yvor Winters, and Hugh Kenner.
H. T. Kirby-Smith, 1998
4
Free Verse
When a self-described party girl meets a sexy police officer, she's tempted to give up her free-wheeling lifestyle to gain a permanent place in his heart.
Kim Shaw, 2005
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Blood Run: Free Verse Play
This volume testifies to the need to protect the remarkable ruins of the Indigenous North American city of Blood Run and the sacred remains she guards there in mounded tombs.
Allison Adelle Hedge Coke, 2006
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Vers Libre: The Emergence of Free Verse in France, 1886-1914
The book also includes useful commentaries on poems by Rimbaud, Laforgue, Claudel, and Apollinaire.
Clive Scott, 1990
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The Ghost of Meter: Culture and Prosody in American Free Verse
A groundbreaking study of the connections among meter, the poetic unconscious, and wider literary and cultural forces
Annie Finch, 2000
8
Echoes: A Collection of Free Verse Poems
Some pieces convey whimsy and fun, whereas others travel to mundane places, such as garage sales, childhood memories, scary nights, and days gone by. Altogether this collection offers the reader time to unwind and enjoy.
Rebeca Frees, 2010
9
Mysterious Music: Rhythm and Free Verse
Though many recent poets insist on their poetry's “musical” qualities, few offer linguistically satisfying explanations of that “music.” This book helps to fill that gap.
Gordon Burns Cooper, 1998
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Blank Verse: A Guide to Its History and Use
See also verset.3 The entry on “Free Verse,” which immediately follows the one just quoted, states in part, “Types [of free verse] are podic free verse (sprung rhythm), free blank verse, imagist free verse, and verset (biblical or sublime free ...
Robert Burns Shaw, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FREE VERSE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term free verse is used in the context of the following news items.
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Two for Tea
Taylor Katz of Free Verse Farm picks St John's wort flowers and puts them in olive oil at the farm in Chelsea, Vt., on July 2, 2015. Behind her ... «Valley News, Jul 15»
2
South Dakota's poet laureate finds inspiration in ancestry
"I typically write in free verse," Roripaugh explained. "I sometimes do contemporary versions of traditional Japanese. I like the form to fit or grasp ... «SunHerald.com, Jul 15»
3
The Spoils Before Dying Review: “That's Jazz” / “Fear Steps In”
The scene then transitions into a cartoon about jazz set to music and free verse, then ends up back with Jonrosh, hawking Boghei cigarettes. «Paste Magazine, Jul 15»
4
High Octane Slam Champ Poet Comes to the Fringe
Explosion of high-octane comedic performance and a blistering array of fast-paced poems. Glittered with humour and laugh out loud free verse ... «Digital Journal, Jul 15»
5
Hudgins' Poetry Balances Humor and Pathos, Reading at Murray State
People tend to fall into either the formalist or free verse camps of writing poetry. While largely a formalist, Hudgins says there are many great ... «WKMS, Jul 15»
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Young locals win in state writing contest
#Officials said this year's winning entries ranged from free verse to short stories, and varied in subject from a first-person description of the ... «Henry Herald, Jul 15»
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Don't Miss Out on the 969 Festival, Bringing the Best of the National …
For poetry lovers, a diverse selection of poetry tastes ranging from slam poetry to prose, free verse will be on offer under the Poetry Overload ... «Books LIVE, Jul 15»
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Instant Empire: Lamplight Lost
“Young Adult Fiction” opens the album with a bass (and handclap) solo, quickly followed by a nearly guitar-free verse. It puts the focus directly ... «PopMatters, Jul 15»
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Arts briefs: Local poetry, 'The Wizard of Oz,' Boyd K. Packer art
All forms of writing are accepted from free verse to sonnets, and community members are encouraged to attend to support these local poets. «Daily Herald, Jul 15»
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New SD Poet Laureate Finds Inspiration In Ancestry
"I typically write in free verse," Roripaugh explained. "I sometimes do contemporary versions of traditional Japanese. I like the form to fit or grasp ... «Vermillion Plain Talk, Jul 15»

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