free verse

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free verse Verse with no regular metre and no apparent form, relying primarily on cadence. The unsystematized rhythm is close to that of prose. Early users were Walt Whitman and Arthur Rimbaud. It became common in the 20th century.

free verse

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free verse • n. poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter.Also called vers libre.

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